Women as Scribes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women as Scribes write by Alison I. Beach. This book was released on 2004-04-29. Women as Scribes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Medieval Scriptorium
The Medieval Scriptorium - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Medieval Scriptorium write by Sara J. Charles. This book was released on 2024-08-12. The Medieval Scriptorium available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105
The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 write by Francis Newton. This book was released on 1999-04-29. The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In all the history of hand-written books, one of the most distinctive and handsome scripts is that of the abbey of Monte Cassino. This study examines for the first time in detail the development of this script during the Abbey's greatest period of wealth and influence, under Desiderius (abbot 1058-1087) and his successor Oderisius (abbot 1087-1105). The characteristic Cassinese hand was established long before, but in this period it was transformed into what is today considered its classic form. The present study rests on a fresh examination of many details of the Beneventan (South Italian) script in aspects incompletely studied before. It aims to provide a new history of Monte Cassino as a writing centre and to offer a context for many unique or valuable texts manuscripts that it processed.
Turning Over a New Leaf
Turning Over a New Leaf - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Turning Over a New Leaf write by Erik Kwakkel. This book was released on 2012. Turning Over a New Leaf available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Books before print -manuscripts- were modified continuously throughout the medieval period. Focusing on the ninth and twelfth centuries, this volume explores such material changes as well as the varying circumstances under which handwritten books were produced, used and collected. An important theme is the relationship between the physical book and its users. Can we reflect on reading practices through an examination of the layout of a text? To what extent can we use the contents of libraries to understand the culture of the book? The volume explores such issues by focusing on a broad palette of texts and through a detailed analysis of manuscripts from all corners of Europe"--Publisher's description.
Scriptorium
Scriptorium - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scriptorium write by Ivan D. Alexander. This book was released on 2008-12. Scriptorium available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It was in the year of our Lord, 800, when the Viking invasions had begun and we feared for our lives. On the Isle of Iona in a Christian monastery, Aeden and his brethren work to transcribe the Gospel of John. Together, they create parchment and intricate designs, illuminating them with fine inks and gold leaf. Their meticulous hands and virtuous hearts transcribe God's word. Unfortunately, the monastery is not immune to the barbarians invading from the north: the Vikings. Fearful for their precarious position and important work, the Abbot Father Cellarch enlists the help of a Viking king who values Christianity. King Blachmac pledges protection, leaving his daughter Osla in their care as the raids continue. Osla and Aedan, drawn to one another, develop a friendship as work continues on the Gospels. During this tumultuous time, the Book of John is completed amid stress, love, and accusations of murder. These events bring the star-crossed lovers closer. Together, they save the abbey and their precious work. Scriptorium is Aedan, Osla, and their brethren's story of courage, where pure hearts triumph over barbaric evils. Little did they know their work would become Ireland's finest national treasure: The Book of Kells.
