Change in Medieval and Renaissance scripts and manuscripts
Subtitle: proceedings of the 19th Colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine (Berlin, September 16-18, 2015)
By: edited by Martin Schubert and Eef Overgaauw
Contributors: Schubert, Martin, 1963- editor; Overgaauw, Eef, editor
Series: Bibliologia : elementa ad librorum studia pertinentia -- 50; Bibliologia (Turnhout, Belgium) -- v. 50.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng; fre; ger; ita; spa
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9782503578750
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Medieval Manuscripts; Congresses; Renaissance Manuscripts; Codicology; Paleography; Handschrift; Mittelalter; Renaissance; Wandel
Description: "Palaeographers and codicologists have gradually developed concepts and terms to analyse change in medieval and Renaissance scripts and manuscripts. Some of these endeavour to offer explanatory models, either for specific phenomena or for general trends. Others are essentially descriptive, typological and chronological, referring to implicit (traditional) theories of historical evolution. The papers in this book offer a wide range of palaeographical and codicological case-studies describing and analysing "change". Several papers offer the outlines of a theoretical framework, bringing out the conditions for the evolution of scripts as well as for progress in the production and distribution of texts and manuscripts."--

"Palaeographers and codicologists have gradually developed concepts and terms to analyse change in medieval and Renaissance scripts and manuscripts. Some of these endeavour to offer explanatory models, either for specific phenomena or for general trends. Others are essentially descriptive, typological and chronological, referring to implicit (traditional) theories of historical evolution. The papers in this book offer a wide range of palaeographical and codicological case-studies describing and analysing 'change.' Several papers offer the outlines of a theoretical framework, bringing out the conditions for the evolution of scripts as well as for progress in the production and distribution of texts and manuscripts."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

6 contributions in English, 5 in French, 4 in Italian, 3 in Spanish, and 2 in German. Includes abstracts in English.