Marvel and artefact : : the 'wonders of the east' in its manuscript contexts / / By A.J. Ford.
"Marvel and Artefact examines the three surviving manuscripts of Wonders of the East (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A. xv; London, BL, Cotton Tiberius B. v; and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614). After outlining the learned tradition of writing on monsters and marvels and the family of texts...
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| Superior document: | Library of the written word ; Volume 45 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016] 2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of the written word ;
45. Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 7. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 pages) :; illustrations (some color) |
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| 490 | 1 | |a Library of the written word ; |v Volume 45 | |
| 490 | 1 | |a Manuscript world ; |v 7 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | 2 | |a "Marvel and Artefact examines the three surviving manuscripts of Wonders of the East (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A. xv; London, BL, Cotton Tiberius B. v; and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614). After outlining the learned tradition of writing on monsters and marvels and the family of texts of which the Wonders of the East is part, A. J. Ford offers a forensic reading of each manuscript in which codex, text and image are studied together as a single artefact. By focussing on the materiality of manuscripts whose origin can only be hypothesized, this innovative and challenging work opens new vistas for the study and interpretation of medieval manuscripts and the cultures that produced them." -- |c Provided by publisher. | |
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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