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Saints and Scribes

Author : Pamela Gehrke
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520097718
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Saints and Scribes written by Pamela Gehrke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-02-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this survey of thirteenth-century codices in Old French verse that contain at least one saint's life, the author finds a great variety among combinations, in contrast to the corpus of medieval Latin hagiographic manuscripts. She interprets the combinations of texts in four collections, demonstrating the value of codicological and textual analysis of entire manuscripts as an approach to medieval vernacular pious literature.

Saints and Scribes

Author : Pamela Stucky Gehrke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Saints and Scribes written by Pamela Stucky Gehrke and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saints, Scribes, and Scholars

Author : Satoko I. Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Saints, Scribes, and Scholars written by Satoko I. Parker and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women as Scribes

Author : Alison I. Beach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521792431
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Women as Scribes written by Alison I. Beach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Beach's book on female scribes in twelfth-century Bavaria - a full-length study of the role of women copyists in the Middle Ages - is underpinned by the notion that the scriptorium was central to the intellectual revival of the Middle Ages and that women played a role in this renaissance. The author examines the exceptional quantity of evidence of female scribal activity in three different religious communities, pointing out the various ways in which the women worked - alone, with other women, and even alongside men - to produce books for monastic libraries, and discussing why their work should have been made visible, whereas that of other female scribes remains invisible. Beach's focus on manuscript production, and the religious, intellectual, social and economic factors which shaped that production, enables her to draw wide-ranging conclusions of interest not only to palaeographers but also to those interested in reading, literacy, religion and gender history.

Scribes of Space

Author : Matthew Boyd Goldie
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501734059
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Scribes of Space written by Matthew Boyd Goldie and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scribes of Space posits that the conception of space—the everyday physical areas we perceive and through which we move—underwent critical transformations between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. Matthew Boyd Goldie examines how natural philosophers, theologians, poets, and other thinkers in late medieval Britain altered the ideas about geographical space they inherited from the ancient world. In tracing the causes and nature of these developments, and how geographical space was consequently understood, Goldie focuses on the intersection of medieval science, theology, and literature, deftly bringing a wide range of writings—scientific works by Nicole Oresme, Jean Buridan, the Merton School of Oxford Calculators, and Thomas Bradwardine; spiritual, poetic, and travel writings by John Lydgate, Robert Henryson, Margery Kempe, the Mandeville author, and Geoffrey Chaucer—into conversation. This pairing of physics and literature uncovers how the understanding of spatial boundaries, locality, elevation, motion, and proximity shifted across time, signaling the emergence of a new spatial imagination during this era.

The Sibyl and Her Scribes

Author : Anke Holdenried
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351881957
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Sibyl and Her Scribes written by Anke Holdenried and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sibylla Tiburtina is a Latin prophecy attributed to a prophetess from classical antiquity. It concludes with an account of the End of History, involving the coming of the Antichrist and his battle with a Last World Emperor. Approximately 100 manuscripts, written between the mid-11th and the 16th centuries, survive which testify to the Tiburtina's immense popularity in the medieval West; as such the Tiburtina is a key text for understanding medieval apocalypticism and occupies an important place in the intellectual history of the Middle Ages. However, studies of the manuscripts and the history of the text have been largely neglected, in comparison with other similar works, so little is currently known about who copied and read the prophecy. Dr Holdenried's research fills this gap. This study is based on an examination of all surviving manuscripts and includes an analysis of the textual material which accompanies the Tiburtina, a survey of titles and annotations, as well as research on variant texts (including several hitherto unknown). Modern historiography regards the Tiburtina solely as a vehicle for expressing contemporary political concerns triggered by crises thought to herald the End of the World. This book provides a much more varied picture and offers a new approach to the Tiburtina by placing it, for the first time, in the context of medieval traditions which saw Sibylline prophecy as independent, non-Christian evidence of Christ's life and as confirmation of His divinity. As is shown, these traditions had a major impact on the reception of the Tiburtina. The book concludes with a repertory of the manuscripts, together with brief outlines of individual textual traditions as represented in groups of manuscripts, which will constitute a valuable reference source for other scholars.

Poetics of Coexistence

Author : Leslie A. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Poetics of Coexistence written by Leslie A. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scribes and Illuminators

Author : Christopher De Hamel
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802077073
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Scribes and Illuminators written by Christopher De Hamel and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the work of medieval paper, parchment, and ink makers, scribes, illuminators, binders, and booksellers

Poets and Scribes in Late Medieval England

Author : Michael Johnston
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501516485
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Poets and Scribes in Late Medieval England written by Michael Johnston and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susanna Fein’s long and distinguished scholarly career has helped to redefine how we understand the role of scribes and manuscripts from late medieval England. She has carried out groundbreaking research on seminal manuscripts (e.g., Harley 2253, the Thornton Manuscripts, John Audley’s autograph manuscript, and the Auchinleck Manuscript). She has written extensively on the more complex and challenging metrical forms the period produced. And she has edited foundational primary texts and collections of essays. A wide range of scholars have been influenced by Fein’s work, many of whom present original research—much of it following trails first laid down by Fein—in this volume.

Melchizedek, King of Sodom

Author : Robert R. Cargill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190946962
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Melchizedek, King of Sodom written by Robert R. Cargill and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biblical figure Melchizedek appears just twice in the Hebrew Bible, and once more in the Christian New Testament. Cited as both the king of Shalem-understood by most scholars to be Jerusalem-and as an eternal priest without ancestry, Melchizedek's appearances become textual justification for tithing to the Levitical priests in Jerusalem and for the priesthood of Jesus Christ himself. But what if the text was manipulated? Robert R. Cargill explores the Hebrew and Greek texts concerning Melchizedek's encounter with Abraham in Genesis as a basis to unravel the biblical mystery of this character's origins. The textual evidence that Cargill presents shows that Melchizedek was originally known as the king of Sodom and that the later traditions about Sodom forced biblical scribes to invent a new location, Shalem, for Melchizedek's priesthood and reign. Cargill also identifies minor, strategic changes to the Hebrew Bible and the Samaritan Pentateuch that demonstrate an evolving, polemical, sectarian discourse between Jews and Samaritans competing for the superiority of their respective temples and holy mountains. The resulting literary evidence was used as the ideological motivation for identifying Shalem with Jerusalem in the Second Temple Jewish tradition. A brief study with far-reaching implications, Melchizedek, King of Sodom reopens discussion of not only this unusual character, but also the origins of both the priesthood of Christ and the role of early Israelite priest-kings.

Scribes and Scripture

Author : John D. Meade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781433577925
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Scribes and Scripture written by John D. Meade and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The authors answer common questions about the writing, copying, canonizing, and translating of the Bible and give readers tools to interpret the evidence about God's word"--

The Scribes For Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany

Author : Cynthia J. Cyrus
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442692065
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Scribes For Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany written by Cynthia J. Cyrus and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-05-23 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there has been a great tradition of scholarship in medieval manuscripts, most studies have focused on the details of manuscript production by male copyists. In this study, Cynthia J. Cyrus demonstrates the prevalence of manuscript production by women monastics and challenges current assumptions of how manuscripts circulated in the late medieval period. Drawing on extensive research into the surviving manuscripts of over 450 women's convents, the author assesses the genres common to women's convent libraries emphasizing a social rather than a codicological understanding of how manuscripts of women's libraries came to be copied. An engaging mix of biography, women's history, and book history, The Scribes for Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany will change the way medieval manuscripts are understood and studied.

The Medieval Scriptorium

Author : Sara J. Charles
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789149770
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Scriptorium written by Sara J. Charles and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2024-08-12 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the book and life in the Middle Ages. This book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignette by a medieval narrator—including a parchment maker, scribe, and illuminator—introducing various aspects of manuscript production. Sara J. Charles poses the question “What actually is a scriptorium?” and explores the development of the medieval scriptorium from its early Christian beginnings through to its eventual decline and the growth of the printing press. With the written word at the very heart of the Christian monastic movement, we see the immense amount of labor, planning, and networks needed to produce each manuscript. By tapping into these processes and procedures, The Medieval Scriptorium helps us to experience medieval life through the lens of a manuscript maker.

The Secret Archives of the Vatican

Author : Maria Luisa Ambrosini
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780760701256
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Archives of the Vatican written by Maria Luisa Ambrosini and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes

Author : M.B. Parkes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351880063
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes written by M.B. Parkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 sixteenth century, and to identify those features which are a scribe's personal contribution to the techniques and art of handwriting. The book opens with three chapters surveying the various environments in which scribes worked in the medieval West. The following five, based on the author's Lyell Lectures at the University of Oxford, then examine different aspects of the subject, starting with the basic processes of handwriting and copying. Next come discussions of developments in rapid handwriting, with its consequent influence on new alphabets; on more formal 'set hands'; and on the adaptation of movements of the pen to produce elements of style corresponding to changes in the prevailing sense of decorum. The final chapter looks at the significance of some customized images produced by handwriting on the page. The text is illustrated with 69 plates, and accompanied by a glossary of the technical terms applied to handwriting, which in itself makes a significant contribution to the subject.

Author, Scribe, and Book in Late Medieval English Literature

Author : Rory G. Critten
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843845059
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Author, Scribe, and Book in Late Medieval English Literature written by Rory G. Critten and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The works of four major fifteenth-century writers re-examined, showing their innovative reconceptualization of Middle English authorship and the manuscript book.

Church Fathers, Independent Virgins

Author : Joyce E. Salisbury
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9780860915966
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Church Fathers, Independent Virgins written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by Verso. This book was released on 1992-11-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This startling study of early Christian attitudes toward sexuality begins with an account of the different stances adopted by the Church—from the Early Fathers’ view that sex and the female body were irredeemably unholy, to Augustine’s contention that sex was natural, but lust was evil. While the Church Fathers struggled to reach consistent theoretical conclusions, the underlying conflation of ‘women’ with ‘sex’ meant that patristic statements on chastity, virginity and marriage effectively read as ecclesiastical law governing women’s conduct. Joyce Salisbury explains the relationship between Church doctrine and the position of women by placing these official views alongside an ascetic tradition which resisted the constraints imposed by sexual intercourse. Through an examination of texts of female and popular authorship, and the extraordinary lives of seven women saints—including the transvestites Castissima and Pelagia—she presents a markedly different picture of sexual and social roles. For many of these women, celibacy became a form of emancipation. Church Fathers, Independent Virgins bears witness to the entrenched power of the Church to oppress, the continuing power of women to overcome, and the enduring effects of medieval sexual attitudes.