Writing in Context
Subtitle: Insular Manuscript Culture, 500-1200
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9789087281823
Subjects: Manuscripts; Culture
Description: 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.