Scribes and the City: London Guildhall Clerks and the Dissemination of Middle English Literature, 1375-1425

Author:   Linne R Mooney ,  Estelle Stubbs
Publisher:   York Medieval Press
Volume:   v. 4
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9781903153406


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   15 March 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Linne R Mooney ,  Estelle Stubbs
Publisher:   York Medieval Press
Imprint:   York Medieval Press
Volume:   v. 4
Dimensions:   Width: 23.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 31.20cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781903153406


ISBN 10:   1903153409
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   15 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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There is much to examine and ponder - an act which is made easier by the book's handsome production and lavish (and readable) illustrations. SHARP NEWS This is an important and stimulating contribution to our knowledge of scribal practice and the context of production of some of the major English texts of the period, and a valuable reminder that the study of archival documents is as essential to literary scholars as to historians. ENGLISH This most remarkable study... major veil and explains much better than ever before the conditions of how late medieval English literature was created, produced, copied, and disseminated. MEDIAEVISTIK 26 Offers an exciting insight in the discussion of medieval book production. [It] is a significant contribution and[...]an achievement to be celebrated. AMARC NEWSLETTER Mooney and Stubbs use their assembled materials to mount a large-scale historical argument...they argue... that all the scribes knew intimately the poets they communicated in manuscripts. [...] Mooney and Stubbs' s study will certainly stimulate further discussion of an important stage of London book production. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT


Mooney and Stubbs use their assembled materials to mount a large-scale historical argument. (...) they argue (.) that all the scribes knew intimately the poets they communicated in manuscripts. (...) Mooney and Stubbs' s study will certainly stimulate further discussion of an important stage of London book production. TLS


This most remarkable study... major veil and explains much better than ever before the conditions of how late medieval English literature was created, produced, copied, and disseminated. MEDIAEVISTIK 26 Offers an exciting insight in the discussion of medieval book production. (It) is a significant contribution and(...)an achievement to be celebrated. AMARC NEWSLETTER Mooney and Stubbs use their assembled materials to mount a large-scale historical argument. (...) they argue (.) that all the scribes knew intimately the poets they communicated in manuscripts. (...) Mooney and Stubbs' s study will certainly stimulate further discussion of an important stage of London book production. TLS


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