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Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment : Inscribed Objects in Medieval European Literature / Ricarda Wagner, Ludger Lieb, Christine Neufeld
(Materiale Textkulturen ; ; 30)

Material Type E-Book
Publisher Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter
Year [2019]
Language English
Size 1 online resource (340 pages)

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URL E-Book 電子ブック(EBSCO: eBook Open Access Collection)
EB2200802
3110645440

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Notes What can stories of magical engraved rings or prophetic inscriptions on walls tell us about how writing was perceived before print transformed the world? Writing beyond Pen and Parchment introduces readers to a Middle Ages where writing is not confined to manuscripts but is inscribed in the broader material world, in textiles and tombs, on weapons or human skin. Drawing on the work done at the Collaborative Research Centre "Material Text Cultures," (SFB 933) this volume presents a comparative overview of how and where text-bearing artefacts appear in medieval German, Old Norse, British, French, Italian and Iberian literary traditions, and also traces the paths inscribed objects chart across multiple linguistic and cultural traditions. The volume's focus on the raw materials and practices that shaped artefacts both mundane or fantastical in medieval narratives offers a fresh perspective on the medieval world that takes seriously the vibrancy of matter as a vital aspect of textual culture often overlooked
Open Access
In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)
Authors Lieb, Ludger,
Neufeld, Christine,
Wagner, Ricarda,
Subjects LCSH:Inscriptions -- To 1500. -- Europe -- History  All Subject Search
LCSH:Writing -- To 1500. -- Europe -- History  All Subject Search
LCSH:Written communication -- To 1500. -- Europe -- History  All Subject Search
LCSH:Writing materials and instruments -- To 1500. -- History  All Subject Search
FREE:Classical history -- classical civilisation  All Subject Search
FREE:Classical texts
FREE:Medieval history
FREE:Inscriptions
FREE:Writing
FREE:Writing materials and instruments
FREE:Written communication
FREE:Europe
FREE:History
BSH:Electronic books
FREE:To 1500
Classification DC23:002.09
ID ED00001985
ISBN 3110645440

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