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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Reading Medieval Books: Manuscript Studies in the Twenty-First Century
Reading Medieval Texts: Chaucer's "Adam Scriveyn"
The Anatomy of the Medieval Manuscript
1. The Writing Surface
1.1. Earlier Supports: Stone, Wax, Papyrus
1.2. Parchment
1.3. Paper
2. Writing
2.1. Pricking and Ruling
2.2. Writing Instruments
2.3. Scripts
2.4. Abbreviation
Color Plates
2.5. Punctuation
2.6. Musical Notation
2.7. Correction
2.8. Annotation
2.9. Editing
3. Decoration and Illustration
3.1. Rubrication
3.2. Line Fillers
3.3. Borders and Marginalia
3.4. Initials
3.5. Illustrations
3.6. Diagrams and Maps
4. Bindings and the Shape of the Book
4.1. Roll
4.2. Codex
5. A Template for Manuscript Description
Case Studies: A Selection of English Literary Manuscripts
I. Literature: The Moore Bede (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Other Items) / Cambridge, University Library MS Kk.5.16
II. Afterlives: The Nowell Codex (Beowulf and Other Items) / London, British Library MS Cotton Vitellius A.xv, ff. 94r-209v
III. Ownership: St. Albans Psalter / Hildesheim, Dombibliothek Hildesheim MS St. God. 1
IV. Language: Orrm, The Orrmulum / Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Junius 1
V. Miscellaneity: Trilingual Miscellany / London, British Library MS Harley 2253
VI. Geography: Roman d'Alexandre and Other Items / Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 264
VII. Authorship: The Gawain Manuscript (Pearl, Patience, Cleanness, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) / London, British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x/2
VIII. Writing: The Ellesmere Chaucer (Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales) / San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9
IX. Editing: William Langland, Piers Plowman
John Mandeville, Mandeville's Travels
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
and Other Items / San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS HM 114
X. Mediation: The Book of Margery Kempe / London, British Library MS Additional 61823
XI. Illustration: Illustrated Carthusian Miscellany / London, British Library MS Additional 37049
XII. Performance: N-Town Plays / London, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D.viii
Glossary
Primary works Cited
Suggestions for Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Reading Medieval Books: Manuscript Studies in the Twenty-First Century
Reading Medieval Texts: Chaucer's "Adam Scriveyn"
The Anatomy of the Medieval Manuscript
1. The Writing Surface
1.1. Earlier Supports: Stone, Wax, Papyrus
1.2. Parchment
1.3. Paper
2. Writing
2.1. Pricking and Ruling
2.2. Writing Instruments
2.3. Scripts
2.4. Abbreviation
Color Plates
2.5. Punctuation
2.6. Musical Notation
2.7. Correction
2.8. Annotation
2.9. Editing
3. Decoration and Illustration
3.1. Rubrication
3.2. Line Fillers
3.3. Borders and Marginalia
3.4. Initials
3.5. Illustrations
3.6. Diagrams and Maps
4. Bindings and the Shape of the Book
4.1. Roll
4.2. Codex
5. A Template for Manuscript Description
Case Studies: A Selection of English Literary Manuscripts
I. Literature: The Moore Bede (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Other Items) / Cambridge, University Library MS Kk.5.16
II. Afterlives: The Nowell Codex (Beowulf and Other Items) / London, British Library MS Cotton Vitellius A.xv, ff. 94r-209v
III. Ownership: St. Albans Psalter / Hildesheim, Dombibliothek Hildesheim MS St. God. 1
IV. Language: Orrm, The Orrmulum / Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Junius 1
V. Miscellaneity: Trilingual Miscellany / London, British Library MS Harley 2253
VI. Geography: Roman d'Alexandre and Other Items / Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 264
VII. Authorship: The Gawain Manuscript (Pearl, Patience, Cleanness, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) / London, British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x/2
VIII. Writing: The Ellesmere Chaucer (Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales) / San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9
IX. Editing: William Langland, Piers Plowman
John Mandeville, Mandeville's Travels
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
and Other Items / San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS HM 114
X. Mediation: The Book of Margery Kempe / London, British Library MS Additional 61823
XI. Illustration: Illustrated Carthusian Miscellany / London, British Library MS Additional 37049
XII. Performance: N-Town Plays / London, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D.viii
Glossary
Primary works Cited
Suggestions for Further Reading
Acknowledgments