The Medieval scriptorium : making books in the Middle Ages / Sara J. Charles
- Author
- Charles, Sara J.
- Published
- London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2024.
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Physical Description
- 349 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Beginnings -- Monasticism and Manuscript Production in the West, 500-1050 -- Locus Scribendi -- The Place of Writing -- Material World: Parchment and Ink -- Illumination and Painting -- The Twelfth-Century Renaissance -- The End of the Scriptorium.
- Summary
- “This book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignette by a medieval narrator—including a parchment maker, scribe, and illuminator—introducing various aspects of manuscript production. Sara J. Charles poses the question “What actually is a scriptorium?” and explores the development of the medieval scriptorium from its early Christian beginnings through to its eventual decline and the growth of the printing press. With the written word at the very heart of the Christian monastic movement, we see the immense amount of labor, planning, and networks needed to produce each manuscript. By tapping into these processes and procedures, The Medieval Scriptorium helps us to experience medieval life through the lens of a manuscript maker” --Front sleeve.
- Subject(s)
- Manuscripts, Medieval—Europe—History
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval—History
- Scriptoria—Europe—History
- Books—Europe—History—1450-1600
- English literature—Middle English, 1100-1500
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
- Manuscrits médiévaux—Europe—Histoire
- Enluminure médiévale
- Scriptoriums—Europe—Histoire
- Livres—Europe—Histoire—1450-1600
- Littérature anglaise—1100-1500 (Moyen anglais)
- ISBN
- 9781789149166 (hardback)
1789149169 (hardback) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and index.
- Endowment Note
- Gerald Bernard Maxwell Stein Libraries Endowment
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