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  • Pause and Effect

    An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West

    by M.B. Parkes ...
    From its publication in 1992 Pause and Effect has become a cornerstone of the study of punctuation across the world. Described as 'magisterial' by Lynne Truss in her best-selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, this book has stimulated interest and scholarly debates among writers, literary critics, philosophers, linguists, rhetoricians, palaeographers and all those who study the use of language. To ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • English Cursive Book Hands, 1250-1500

    by M.B. Parkes ...
    First published in 1969, English Cursive Book Hands rapidly established itself as a key resource for the study and teaching of palaeography. It covers the changes in handwriting that arose from the mid-twelfth century, tracking the growth and development of the cursive script that came to dominate book production in medieval England. This reprint is a re-issue of the 1979 second edition published ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Pages from the Past

    Medieval Writing Skills and Manuscript Books

    by M.B. Parkes, edited by P.R. Robinson ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    In the present collection of articles by Malcolm Parkes two overarching concerns emerge: the palaeography of manuscript books in relation to what Parkes has previously called the 'grammar of legibility'; and the importance of considering the circumstances in which medieval books were produced, copied and read. The individual studies discuss the handwriting of individual scribes, and the evidence ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes

    The Lyell Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford 1999

    by M.B. Parkes ...
    This new book by Malcolm Parkes makes a fundamental contribution to the history of handwriting. Handwriting is a versatile medium that has always allowed individual scribes the opportunity for self-expression, despite the limitations of the pen and the finite number of possible movements.The purpose of this study is to focus on the writing of scribes from late antiquity to the beginning of the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • The King's Two Bodies

    A Study in Medieval Political Theology

    by Ernst Kantorowicz, William Chester Jordan ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, “The king is dead. Long live the king.” In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical dilemma ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Medieval Texts in Context

    Edited by Graham D. Caie, Denis Renevey ...
    This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in their manuscript context. Each contribution provides groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual culture, demonstrating the various interconnections between medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors’ work aids reconstruction of the period’s ... Read more

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  • The Liturgy in Medieval England

    A History

    by Richard W. Pfaff ...
    This book provides a comprehensive historical treatment of the Latin liturgy in medieval England. Richard Pfaff constructs a history of the worship carried out in churches - cathedral, monastic, or parish - primarily through the surviving manuscripts of service books, and sets this within the context of the wider political, ecclesiastical, and cultural history of the period. The main focus is on ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Christina of Markyate

    Edited by Samuel Fanous, Henrietta Leyser ...
    Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser present a vivid interdisciplinary study devoted to the life, work and extant vita of Christina of Markyate, which draws on research from a wide range of disciplines.This fascinating and comprehensive collection surveys the life of an extraordinary medieval woman. Christina of Markyate made a vow of chastity at an early age, against the wishes of her parents who ... Read more

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  • The European Book in the Twelfth Century

    Edited by Erik Kwakkel, Rodney Thomson ...
    Series Book 101 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
    The 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England

    by Emily V. Thornbury ...
    Series Book 88 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
    Combining historical, literary and linguistic evidence from Old English and Latin, Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England creates a new, more complete picture of who and what pre-Conquest English poets really were. It includes a study of Anglo-Saxon words for 'poet' and the first list of named poets in Anglo-Saxon England. Its survey of known poets identifies four social roles that poets often ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The History of the Book in the West: 400AD�1455

    Volume I

    by Pamela Robinson ...
    Series series The History of the Book in the West: A Library of Critical Essays
    This selection of papers by major scholars introduces students to the history of the book in the West from late Antiquity to the publication of the Gutenberg Bible and the beginning of the print revolution. The collection opens with wide-ranging papers on handwriting and the physical make-up of the book. In the second group of papers the emphasis is on the ’look’ of the book, complemented by a ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

    Basic Readings

    Edited by Mary P. Richards ...
    Series series Basic Readings in Chaucer and His Time
    The study of manuscripts is fundamental to the appreciation of Anglo-Saxon texts and culture. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings provides an introductory collection of materials covering basic terms, techniques, resources, issues, and applications. Focusing on manuscripts copied before 1100 in England, the selections gathered here consider their history, production, analysis, and significance ... Read more

    $66.99 USD