Piety in Pieces : How Medieval Readers Customized their Manuscripts

• Auteur principal: Kathryn M. Rudy (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Open Book Publishers
• Sujets: book personalisation; customization; devotional; material culture of the book; codicology; Medieval manuscripts; religion
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Medieval manuscripts resisted obsolescence. Made by highly specialised craftspeople (scribes, illuminators, book binders) with labour-intensive processes using exclusive and sometimes exotic materials (parchment made from dozens or hundreds of skins, inks and paints made from prized minerals, animal...