Ideas of textuality are in many ways the key to understanding medieval culture, in which the world was conceptualized as a text, or even as a book, a second book of God to supplement his first, the Bible. The notion influenced views of, as well as the production and organization of, actual texts. The articles of this book scrutinize various means by which writers (both Latin and vernacular), manuscript illuminators, and exegetes (Christian and Jewish) establish texts as authoritative, or, in certain instances, challenge or ...
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Ideas of textuality are in many ways the key to understanding medieval culture, in which the world was conceptualized as a text, or even as a book, a second book of God to supplement his first, the Bible. The notion influenced views of, as well as the production and organization of, actual texts. The articles of this book scrutinize various means by which writers (both Latin and vernacular), manuscript illuminators, and exegetes (Christian and Jewish) establish texts as authoritative, or, in certain instances, challenge or subvert textual authority. The book may justly claim not only to substantiate, but also to carry further, and occasionally contest, current scholarship within the field; even as it undertakes to grapple with some of that field's unanswered riddles.
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New. Contains text in English and French. This book addresses the medieval text as carrier of cultural authority. It collects contributions on various from a number of the scholars in the field. It covers both Latin and vernacular texts. Editor(s): Borch, Marianne. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470. 2004. Bilingual. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
