The Production of Books in England 1350-1500
Title | The Production of Books in England 1350-1500 PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandra Gillespie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2011-04-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521889790 |
This book studies approaches to the production of manuscripts in medieval England, from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.
The Production of Books in England 1350-1500
Title | The Production of Books in England 1350-1500 PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandra Gillespie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Book industries and trade |
ISBN | 9781316098448 |
"Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their first English consumers. This book gathers the best new work on manuscript books in England made during this crucial but neglected period. Its authors survey existing research, gather intensive new evidence and develop new approaches to key topics. The chapters cover the material conditions and economy of the book trade; amateur production both lay and religious; the effects of censorship; and the impact on English book production of manuscripts and artisans from elsewhere in the British Isles and Europe. A wide-ranging and innovative series of essays, this volume is a major contribution to the history of the book in medieval England"--
The Production of Books in England 1350–1500
Title | The Production of Books in England 1350–1500 PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandra Gillespie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2011-04-14 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1316102122 |
Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their first English consumers. This book gathers the best work on manuscript books in England made during this crucial but neglected period. Its authors survey existing research, gather intensive new evidence and develop new approaches to key topics. The chapters cover the material conditions and economy of the book trade; amateur production both lay and religious; the effects of censorship; and the impact on English book production of manuscripts and artisans from elsewhere in the British Isles and Europe. A wide-ranging and innovative series of essays, this volume is a major contribution to the history of the book in medieval England.
The Middle English Book
Title | The Middle English Book PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Robert Johnston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN | 9780191968006 |
Here is a new account of Middle English book production and circulation that analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late medieval England (1350-1500) to show how the production of documents underscored the wide availability of literary copying.
Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books
Title | Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Connolly |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 333 |
Release | 2019-01-17 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108652204 |
This innovative study investigates the reception of medieval manuscripts over a long century, 1470–1585, spanning the reigns of Edward IV to Elizabeth I. Members of the Tudor gentry family who owned these manuscripts had properties in Willesden and professional affiliations in London. These men marked the leaves of their books with signs of use, allowing their engagement with the texts contained there to be reconstructed. Through detailed research, Margaret Connolly reveals the various uses of these old books: as a repository for family records; as a place to preserve other texts of a favourite or important nature; as a source of practical information for the household; and as a professional manual for the practising lawyer. Investigation of these family-owned books reveals an unexpectedly strong interest in works of the past, and the continuing intellectual and domestic importance of medieval manuscripts in an age of print.
The Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain
Title | The Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain PDF eBook |
Author | David Rundle |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2019-05-02 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 1107193435 |
Reform of the script was central to the humanist agenda - this book suggests a new explanation of its international success.
A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558
Title | A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558 PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent Gillespie |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1843843633 |
First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it.