The Scribes For Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany /

The Scribes For Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany / / Cynthia J. Cyrus.

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While there has been a great tradition of scholarship in medieval manuscripts, most studies have focused on the details of manuscript production by male copyists. In this study, Cynthia J. Cyrus demonstrates the prevalence of manuscript production by women monastics and challenges current assumption...

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Cyrus, Cynthia J.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2009
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Caveats and Terminology
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Of Monasteries and Their Scribes
  • 2. Structuring Scribal Relationships
  • 3. The Content of Convent Manuscripts
  • 4. Scribe as Individual
  • 5. Why Scribes Serve
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Distribution of Known Scribes and of Surviving Manuscripts by Monastic Order
  • Appendix B: Forty-eight Women's Convents with Active Scriptoria in Late Medieval Germany
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of People
  • Index of Convents
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • General Index

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