continental scribes in Rochester Cathedral Priory, 1075-1150 / introduction / Erik Kwakkel. Mercian Manuscripts : the implications of the Staffordshire Hoard, other recent discoveries, and the 'new materiality' / Michelle P. Brown -- An insular copy of Pliny's Naturalis historia (Leiden VLF 4 fols 4-33) / Mary Garrison -- A giant among scribes : colophon and iconographical programme in the Eadui Gospels / Francis Newton -- Reading the unreadable : lay literacy and negotiation of text in Anglo-Saxon England / Kathryn A. Lowe -- English manuscripts in the century after the Norman conquest : continuity and change in the palaeography of books and book collections / Teresa Webber -- Hidden in plain sight : continental scribes in Rochester Cathedral Priory, 1075-1150 / Erik Kwakkel.
Summary:
This book unites six essays related to manuscript culture in Britain. The main emphasis is on the physical appearance of books. The essays highlight, in different ways, the tight relationship between the paleographical and codicological features of manuscripts and the culture in which the objects were produced and used. Extending their expertise to a broad audience interested in the medieval book, the contributors discuss various aspects of written culture, including the development of Insular scripts, book culture in Mercia, the layout of Anglo-Saxon charters, and the transition from Anglo-Saxon to Norman inspired script and book production.
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