The Roll in England and France in the Late Middle Ages. Form and Content

• Main Author: Shirota, Maree (auth)
• Other Authors: Holz, Stefan G. (auth), Peltzer, Jörg (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2020
• Series: Materiale Textkulturen
• Subjects: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500; Rolls; England; France; late Middle Ages
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the Middle Ages, rolls were ubiquitous as a writing support. While scholars have long examined the texts and images on rolls, they have rarely taken the manuscripts themselves into account. This volume readdresses this imbalance by focusing on the materiality and various usages of rolls in late m...