Inscribing Knowledge in the Medieval Book: The Power of Paratexts

Author:   Rosalind Brown-Grant ,  Patrizia Carmassi ,  Gisela Drossbach ,  Anne D. Hedeman
Publisher:   De Gruyter
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9781501517884


Pages:   411
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rosalind Brown-Grant ,  Patrizia Carmassi ,  Gisela Drossbach ,  Anne D. Hedeman
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Weight:   0.722kg
ISBN:  

9781501517884


ISBN 10:   1501517880
Pages:   411
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"List of Figures Editorial Principles Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction by the Editors Part 1: Constructing Bodies of Knowledge Juridical Late Medieval Paratexts and the Growth of European Jurisprudence by Mario Ascheri and Paola Maffei Prefaces in Canon Law Books by Gisela Drossbach ""Depingo ut ostendam, depictum ita est expositio"": Diagrams as an Indispensable Complement to the Cosmological Teaching of the Liber Nemroth de astronomia by Isabelle Draelants Part 2: Negotiating Tradition, Creating Practice From Text to Diagram: Giambattista Da Monte and the Practice of Medicine by Concetta Pennuto Immortal Souls and an Angel Intellect: Some Thoughts on the Function and Meaning of Christian Iconography in Medieval Aristotle Textbooks by Hanna Wimmer Writing in the Margin—Drawing in the Margin: Reading Practices of Medieval Jurists by Joanna Frońska Structuring, Stressing, or Recasting Knowledge on the Page? Rubrication in the Manuscript Copies of the Pèlerinage de l’âme by Guillaume de Deguileville by Géraldine Veysseyre Part 3: Adopting Tradition, Empowering Readers From Troy to Aachen: Ancient Rome and the Carolingian Reception of Vergil by Sinéad O’Sullivan Translating Prologues and Prologue Illustration in French Historical Texts by Anne D. Hedeman Paratext and the Politics of Conquest: Questing Knights and Colonial Rule in Le Canarien by Victoria Turner Prefaces and Frontispieces in Prose Romance Manuscripts by Rosalind Brown-Grant Part 4: Appropriating Tradition, Expressing Ownership, Embodying the Book Visualizing Pontifical Power: Paratextual Elements in Some French Liturgical Books, Thirteenth–Fifteenth Centuries by Alison Stones Paratext in the Manuscripts of Hartmann Schedel by Outi Merisalo Book Material, Production, and Use from the Point of View of the Paratext by Patrizia Carmassi List of Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions Cited Bibliography Notes on Contributors and Editors Index"

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Rosalind Brown-Grant, University of Leeds, UK, Patrizia Carmassi, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, Gisela Drossbach, Universität Augsburg, Germany, Anne D. Hedeman, University of Kansas, Lawrende, USA, Victoria Turner, University of St Andrews, UK, Iolanda Ventura, Université d'Orléans, France.

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