Books Before Print / / Erik Kwakkel.

‹div›This beautifully illustrated book provides an accessible introduction to the medieval manuscript and what it can tell us about the world in which it was made and used. Books Before Print explores how manuscripts can act as a vibrant and versatile tool to understand the deep historical roots of...

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Place / Publishing House:Leeds : : Arc Humanities Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Medieval Media Cultures
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --   |t PREFACE --   |t ABBREVIATIONS --   |t GENERAL INTRODUCTION --   |t FILLING THE PAGE: SCRIPT, WRITING, AND PAGE DESIGN --   |t INTRODUCTION --   |t Chapter 1. MEDIEVAL SCRIPT --   |t Chapter 2. CRACKING CODES: ABBREVIATIONS IN MEDIEVAL SCRIPT --   |t Chapter 3. THE EMPTY PART OF THE PAGE --   |t Chapter 4. FOOTNOTES BEFORE PRINT --   |t Chapter 5. THE FIRST PAGE OF THE MANUSCRIPT --   |t Chapter 6. THE LAST PAGE OF THE MANUSCRIPT --   |t ENHANCING THE MANUSCRIPT: BINDING AND DECORATION --   |t INTRODUCTION --   |t Chapter 7. DRESSING UP THE MANUSCRIPT --   |t Chapter 8. HUGGING A MANUSCRIPT --   |t Chapter 9. JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER --   |t Chapter 10. MARY HAD A LITTLE BOOK --   |t Chapter 11. DRAWING WITH WORDS --   |t Chapter 12. SPEECH BUBBLES --   |t Chapter 13. MODEL- BOOKS --   |t READING IN CONTEXT: ANNOTATIONS, BOOKMARKS, AND LIBRARIES --   |t INTRODUCTION --   |t Chapter 14. GETTING PERSONAL IN THE MARGIN --   |t Chapter 15. HELPING HANDS ON THE PAGE --   |t Chapter 16. SMART BOOKMARKS --   |t Chapter 17. LOCATION, LOCATION --   |t Chapter 18. COMBATING BOOK THEFT --   |t THE MARGINS OF MANUSCRIPT CULTURE --   |t INTRODUCTION --   |t Chapter 19. THE INCREDIBLE EXPANDABLE BOOK --   |t Chapter 20. BOOKS ON A DIET --   |t Chapter 21. BOOKS ON A STICK --   |t Chapter 22. SLIPS, STRIPS, AND SCRAPS: MESSAGING --   |t Chapter 23. SLIPS, STRIPS, AND SCRAPS: SCHOLARLY NOTES --   |t Chapter 24. MEDIEVAL NAME TAGS --   |t Chapter 25. POSTERS BEFORE PRINT --   |t Chapter 26. MEDIEVAL BOOK APPS --   |t CONTEXTUALIZING THE MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT --   |t INTRODUCTION --   |t Chapter 27. WHERE ARE THE SCRIPTORIA? --   |t Chapter 28. DESKTOPS --   |t Chapter 29. SECOND- HAND BOOKS BEFORE PRINT --   |t Chapter 30. MANUSCRIPTS ON THE MOVE --   |t Chapter 31. THE SKINNY ON BAD PARCHMENT --   |t Chapter 32. DESTROYING MEDIEVAL BOOKS (AND WHY THAT'S USEFUL) --   |t EPILOGUE: THE LEGACY OF THE MEDIEVAL BOOK --   |t RECOMMENDED READING BY SECTION --   |t BIBLIOGRAPHY --   |t INDEX OF MATERIAL FEATURES --   |t MANUSCRIPT INDEX --   |t GENERAL INDEX 
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530 |a Issued also in print. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 
546 |a In English. 
588 0 |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019) 
650 0 |a Manuscripts  |x History. 
650 0 |a Manuscripts, European. 
650 0 |a Manuscripts, Medieval. 
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650 4 |a book history. 
650 4 |a codex. 
650 4 |a manuscript studies. 
650 4 |a material culture. 
650 4 |a medieval literature. 
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