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Manuscript Communication : Visual and Textual Mechanics of Communication in Hagiographical Texts from the Southern Low Countries, 900-1200 by Tjamke Snijders (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBrepols Publishers
ISBN-102503552943
ISBN-139782503552941
eBay Product ID (ePID)207810863
Product Key Features
Number of Pages511 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameManuscript Communication : Visual and Textual Mechanics of Communication in Hagiographical Texts from the Southern Low Countries, 900-1200
SubjectCommunication Studies, Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Media Studies, Christianity / History, Christian Church / History, General, Books & Reading, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, History
AuthorTjamke Snijders
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight35.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"The theme of the book and the approach chosen provide significant interpretative potential for our understanding of both the role of hagiographical texts in the formation of medieval monastic identities and the manuscript context in which this materialized." --Teemu Immonen, University of Turku, Finland, The Medieval Review 16.09.15
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal302.22440949209021
SynopsisThis study investigates how medieval abbeys in the Southern Low Countries used hagiographical manuscripts as a communicative tool. Four basic questions are addressed: How did layout influence a manuscript's communicative potential? Was manuscript communication influenced by its composition? How did the flexibility of texts and manuscripts influence their communicative function? And how did the position of the monastery within the monastic landscape influence manuscript communication? Ranging from in-depth case studies to discussions of structure and agency in manuscript terminology and layout in the aftermath of New Philology, this book argues that the High Middle Ages witnessed a fundamental process of manuscript diversification and specialisation, which was at the basis of the thirteenth-century revolution in manuscript layout. This led twelfth-century monks to start conceptualising the manuscript as an object with fixed contents, which was to be used and copied as a whole. Consequently, the production and spread of saints' lives became part of a process of ideological homogenisation among Benedictine monasteries and started a crucial development in medieval literacy. Awarded the Mgr. Charles De Clercq award from the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (2012) and the five-yearly Flemish Award for Historical Sciences of the Academische Stichting Leuven (2013).
LC Classification NumberP211.3
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