Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment : : Inscribed Objects in Medieval European Literature.

• Superior document: Materiale Textkulturen Series ; v.30
• Author: Wagner, Ricarda.
• TeilnehmendeR: Neufeld, Christine.; Lieb, Ludger.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2019.; Ã2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Materiale Textkulturen Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 pages)

The series Material Text Cultures is the publication organ of the Collaborative Research Center 933 of the same name at Heidelberg University, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The series publishes collections and monographs dedicated to the Collaborative Research Center's main focus of research - that is, the materiality and presence of writing in non-typographic societies.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Literary Inscriptions Across Europe -- Writing Between Stillness And Movement: Script-Bearing Artefacts In Courtly German Literature -- Inscriptions In Old Norse Literature -- Inscriptions In British Literature: From Runes To The Rise Of Public Poetry -- Old French Narrated Inscriptions -- Inscriptions In Italian Literature -- Inscriptions On The Iberian Peninsula: Material Script And Narrative Logic In Castilian And Catalan Literatures -- Materials -- Culture In Nature: Writing On Wood -- Inscriptions On Stone -- From Tattoo To Stigma: Writing On Body And Skin -- Woven Words, Embroidered Stories: Inscriptions On Textiles -- Artefacts -- Writing Spaces: Inscriptions On Architecture -- Tablets And The Poetics Of The Premodern Post-It -- Sepulchral Representation: Inscribed Tombs And Narrated Epitaphs In The High Middle Ages -- Text-Bearing Warriors: Inscriptions On Weapons -- More Than Bling: Inscribed Jewellery Between Social Distinction, Amatory Gift-Giving, And Spiritual Practice -- A Cabinet Of Curiosities -- A Cabinet Of Curiosities -- Indices.