Marvel and artefact : the 'wonders of the east' in its manuscript contexts
Title:
Marvel and artefact : the 'wonders of the east' in its manuscript contexts
Library of the Written Word ;
Manuscript world ;
De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus
De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus.
Library of the written word. Manuscript world ;
Author:
Ford, A. J. (Priest), author.
ISBN:
9789004301382
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Physical Description:
xvi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series:
Library of the Written Word ; 45
Manuscript world ; 7.
Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; 7.
Library of the written word ; 45.
Abstract:
"Marvel and Artefact examines the three surviving manuscripts of Wonders of the East (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A. xv; London, BL, Cotton Tiberius B. v; and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614). After outlining the learned tradition of writing on monsters and marvels and the family of texts of which the Wonders of the East is part, A.J. Ford offers a forensic reading of each manuscript in which codex, text and image are studied together as a single artefact. By focussing on the materiality of manuscripts whose origin can only be hypothesized, this innovative and challenging work opens new vistas for the study and interpretation of medieval manuscripts and the cultures that produced them."-- Provided by publisher.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10601493 PA8310 D39 F67 ysh