Studies on Greek and Coptic Majuscule Scripts and Books

Studies on Greek and Coptic Majuscule Scripts and Books
Author: Pasquale Orsini
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-11-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110575590

The volume contains a critical review of data, results and open problems concerning the principal Greek and Coptic majuscule bookhands, based on previous research of the author, revised and updated to offer an overview of the different graphic phenomena. Although the various chapters address the history of different types of scripts (i.e. biblical majuscule, sloping poitend majuscule, liturgical majuscule, epigraphic and monumental scripts), their juxtaposition allows us to identify common issues of the comparative method of palaeography. From an overall critical assessment of these aspects the impossibility of applying a unique historical paradigm to interpret the formal expressions and the history of the different bookhands comes up, due to the fact that each script follows different paths. Particular attention is also devoted to the use of Greek majuscules in the writing of ancient Christian books. A modern and critical awareness of palaeographic method may help to place the individual witnesses in the context of the main graphic trends, in the social and cultural environments in which they developed, and in a more accurate chronological framework.

Imagining the Medieval Afterlife

Imagining the Medieval Afterlife
Author: Richard Matthew Pollard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 110717791X

A comprehensive, innovative study of how medieval people envisioned heaven, hell, and purgatory - images and imaginings that endure today.

Anglo-Latin Literature, 600-899

Anglo-Latin Literature, 600-899
Author: Michael Lapidge
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 551
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1852850116

The Latin literature of Anglo-Saxon England remains poorly understood. No bibliography of the subject exists. No comprehensive and authoritative history of Anglo-Latin literature has ever been written. It is only in recent years, largely through the essays collected in the present volumes, that the outline and intrinsic interest of the field have been clarified. Indeed, until a comprehensive history of the period is written, these collected essays offer the only reliable guide to the subject. The essays in the first volume are concerned with the earliest period of literary activity in England. Following a general essay which surveys the field as a whole, the essays range from the arrival of Theodore and Hadrian, through Aldhelm and Bede, to Aediluulf.

The Irish in Early Medieval Europe

The Irish in Early Medieval Europe
Author: Roy Flechner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137430613

Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most important contributions to European culture and learning of the time, from the introduction of a new calendar to monastic reform. Among them were celebrated personalities such as St Columbanus, John Scottus Eriugena, and Sedulius Scottus who were in the vanguard of a constant stream of arrivals from Ireland to continental Europe, collectively known as 'peregrini'. The continental response to this Irish 'diaspora' ranged from admiration to open hostility, especially when peregrini were deemed to challenge prevalent cultural or spiritual conventions. This volume brings together leading historians, archaeologists, and palaeographers who provide-for the first time-a comprehensive assessment of the phenomenon of Irish peregrini in their continental context and the manner in which it is framed by modern scholarship as well as the popular imagination.

Anglo-Latin Literature, Vol.1, 600-899

Anglo-Latin Literature, Vol.1, 600-899
Author: Michael Lapidge
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 551
Release: 1996-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1441101055

The Latin literature of Anglo-Saxon England remains poorly understood. No bibliography of the subject exists. No comprehensive and authoritative history of Anglo-Latin literature has ever been written. It is only in recent years, largely through the essays collected in the present volumes, that the outline and intrinsic interest of the field have been clarified. Indeed, until a comprehensive history of the period is written, these collected essays offer the only reliable guide to the subject. The essays in the first volume are concerned with the earliest period of literary activity in England. Following a general essay which surveys the field as a whole, the essays range from the arrival of Theodore and Hadrian, through Aldhelm and Bede, to Aediluulf.

Medieval Latin Palaeography

Medieval Latin Palaeography
Author: Leonard E. Boyle
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780802065582

A comprehensive bibliography of medievel palaeontology for a student's use.

Writing the Early Medieval West

Writing the Early Medieval West
Author: Elina Screen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-05-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 110819592X

Far from the oral society it was once assumed to have been, early medieval Europe was fundamentally shaped by the written word. This book offers a pioneering collection of fresh and innovative studies on a wide range of topics, each one representing cutting-edge scholarship, and collectively setting the field on a new footing. Concentrating on the role of writing in mediating early medieval knowledge of the past, on the importance of surviving manuscripts as clues to the circulation of ideas and political and cultural creativity, and on the role that texts of different kinds played both in supporting and in subverting established power relations, these essays represent a milestone in studies of the early medieval written word.

Books, Scribes and Learning in the Frankish Kingdoms, 6th-9th centuries

Books, Scribes and Learning in the Frankish Kingdoms, 6th-9th centuries
Author: Rosamond McKitterick
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2024-10-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1040236243

The focus of this volume is the book production of the Frankish regions of Western Europe in the early Middle Ages. By means of a detailed scrutiny of individual manuscripts, groups of manuscripts, and categories of texts, Dr McKitterick shows how they can be used to throw light on questions such as women and literacy, the knowledge of canon and secular law, and the English contribution to the religious culture of the Continent . Some of the studies are more concerned with palaeography and the achievements of particular scriptoria; studies; others look primarily at the fact of production, the dissemination of the texts, and their implications for intellectual and cultural history. Au centre de ce volume se trouve la production du livre dans les régions franques d’Europe occidentale au début du Moyan Age. Au travers d’un examen approfondi de manuscrits individuels, de groupes de manuscrits et de catégories de textes, le docteur McKitterick démontre l’utilisation qui peut en être faite afin d’éclaircir un certain nombre de questions dont: les femmes et l’alphabétisation, la connaissance du droit canon et séculaire, ainsi que la contribution anglaise à la culture religieuse de continent. Certaines des études s’attachent plus spécifiquement à la paléographie et aux résultats de certains scriptoria; d’autres examinent avant tout le fait même de la production, la dissémination des textes et leurs implications quant à l’histoire intellectuelle et culturelle.