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Erik Kwakkel

doi:10.2307/j.ctvg251fm

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Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-942401-61-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-942401-63-6
Publisher: Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Series: Medieval Media and Culture
Language: English
Pages: 306
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of contents No access
2. List of Illustrations No access
3. Preface No access
4. Abbreviations No access
General Introduction No access Pages 1 - 28
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Tick, Tock No access
  2. No Big Secret No access
3. 1. Abbreviations No access
  2. Tironian Notes No access
  3. Uncrackable Code No access
4. 1. Inherited Tradition No access
  2. Toolbox No access
  3. Educational Notes: The Monastic School No access
  4. Educational Notes: The University No access
  5. Convention—And Breaking It No access
5. 1. Disconnected No access
  2. Dots and Lines No access
  3. Letters No access
  4. Numerals No access
6. 1. Artisans No access
  2. Purpose No access
  3. Owners No access
7. 1. The Last Page of the Text No access
  2. The Last Page of the Book No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Wearing Leather No access
  2. Exotic Leather and Hairy Bindings No access
  3. Cloth No access
3. 1. Arm and Hand No access
  2. Up in Arms No access
  3. Fancy Feet No access
4. 1. Text on Leather No access
  2. Title Labels No access
  3. The Fenestra No access
  4. Spine Titles No access
5. 1. The Manuscript Tradition No access
  2. Beyond Manuscripts No access
6. 1. Decoration Forming Words No access
  2. Words Forming Decoration No access
  3. See the Music No access
7. 1. Dialogues No access
  2. Banderol No access
  3. No Bubbles No access
8. 1. Plainly Decorated Letters No access
  2. Elaborately Decorated Letters No access
  3. Border Decoration No access
  4. Pouncing No access
  5. Post-Medieval No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Annotations No access
  2. Highlighting Information No access
  3. Critiquing the Text Quality No access
  4. Use or Abuse? No access
3. 1. Plain Hands No access
  2. Elaborate Hands No access
  3. Exotic Hands No access
4. 1. Static Bookmarks No access
  2. Dynamic Bookmarks No access
  3. Multi-Dynamic Bookmarks No access
  4. Bookmarks in Perspective No access
5. 1. Shelfmarks No access
  2. Inventories No access
  3. Handheld Devices No access
6. 1. Chains No access
  2. Book Chests No access
  3. Cursing No access
  4. Optimism No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Bat Books No access
  2. The Accordion Book No access
  3. Rolls No access
  4. Doing More with Less No access
3. 1. Ivory Decoration No access
  2. Books for Soloists No access
  3. Classroom Use No access
  4. A Long Tradition No access
  5. A Librarian Speaks Up No access
4. 1. Hornbooks No access
  2. Materials No access
  3. Medieval Period No access
5. 1. Roots No access
  2. Paper Slips No access
  3. Time Capsule No access
6. 1. From Skin to Parchment No access
  2. Scholarly Note No access
  3. Tradition No access
7. 1. Name Tags No access
  2. Who Wrote Them? No access
  3. Accompanying Booklet No access
8. 1. Advertisements No access
  2. Maps No access
  3. Wall Catalogues and Inventories No access
  4. Regulations No access
9. 1. The Volvelle No access
  2. Tools on Bookbindings No access
  3. Pop-Up Sundials No access
  4. Invasive No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Teaming Up No access
  2. A Spanish Scriptorium? No access
3. 1. Scribes No access
  2. Readers No access
  3. Book Wheel No access
  4. Laptop No access
4. 1. Valuing Books No access
  2. Simple Price Tags No access
  3. Complex Price Tags No access
  4. The Value of Price Tags No access
5. 1. Moving Books No access
  2. Mystical Texts on the Move No access
6. 1. Parchment-Maker No access
  2. Reader No access
  3. Librarian No access
  4. Thief No access
7. 1. Culprit 1: The Bookbinder No access
  2. Culprit 2: The Tailor No access
  3. Culprit 3: The Scribe No access
  4. Useful Destruction No access
1. Online Resources No access
Recommended Reading by Section No access Pages 253 - 270
Index of Material Features No access Pages 271 - 274
Manuscript Index No access Pages 275 - 278
General Index No access Pages 279 - 282