Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/321937 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia No. 93
Publisher: 
Brepols, Turnhout
Abstract: 
Written transmission relies on the fact of 'publication,' the step between the authorial process and reception. But what does 'publishing' mean in the context of a manuscript culture, in which books were copied slowly and singly by hand? This is a fundamental question. If one fails to appreciate the act of publication, one's understanding of any authorial work and its reception from any period will remain defective. The case studies in this volume ask what it meant for medieval and renaissance authors and their associates to publish. The contexts under scrutiny range from England to Italy, from hagiography to literary criticism, and from Carolingian monasteries to renaissance libraries. Medieval publishing remains undiscovered territory in the main. This volume constitutes a first effort towards a long-term narrative, from the ninth to the sixteenth century.
Subjects: 
Writing
printing & Book history
Printing and Publishing (from ca. 1500)
Medieval literature (general or comparative)
Renaissance literature (general or comparative)
Cultural & intellectual history (c. 500-1500)
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ISBN: 
978-2-503-60296-7
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Book
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