Reading and shaping medieval cartularies : multi-scribe manuscripts and their patterns of growth : a study of the earliest cartularies of Glasgow Cathedral and Lindores Abbey
Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Cartulary Studies -- An overview of the field -- What are cartularies? -- Why were cartularies created? -- What was the function of the cart...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Woodbridge Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press,
2020
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| Titres liés à la collection: | Studies in Celtic history
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| Sujets: | Cartularies Manuscripts, Medieval Middle Ages Glasgow Cathedral (Glasgow, Scotland) Middle Ages ; Historiography Scotland Archives History Electronic books Handschrift plus... |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (334 Seiten) |
| Résumé: | Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Cartulary Studies -- An overview of the field -- What are cartularies? -- Why were cartularies created? -- What was the function of the cartulary? -- Analysis of cartulary manuscripts and their scribes -- Approaches in manuscript studies -- Conclusion -- 2. Analysing a Multi-Scribe Cartulary -- Introduction to Glasgow Cathedral and its archive -- The binding of the Glasgow RV -- The collation of the Glasgow RV Rethinking the identification of scribes and scribal activity -- Dating scribal activity in multi-scribe cartularies -- Applying relative dating to multi-scribe cartularies -- Summary of the methodology -- Conclusion -- 3. The Creation and Growth of the Glasgow RV -- The creation and growth of the Glasgow RV by series -- Summary of the creation and growth of the Glasgow RV -- The institutional setting of the Glasgow RV -- The function of the Glasgow RV -- Conclusion -- 4. The Creation and Growth of Lindores Caprington -- Lindores Abbey and its archive -- The binding of Lindores Caprington The structure of Lindores Caprington: collation and series -- The scribal activity in Lindores Caprington -- The creation and growth of Lindores Caprington by series -- Summary of the creation and growth of Lindores Caprington -- The institutional setting of Lindores Caprington -- The function of Lindores Caprington -- Conclusion -- 5. Understanding the Patterns of Growth in Multi-Scribe Cartularies -- The initial creation of the cartulary manuscripts -- The growth of the cartulary manuscripts -- 'Repeats' in the cartularies -- Why did the cartularies grow? The institutional setting of the cartularies -- Conclusion -- 6. Conclusion -- The new methodology for multi-scribe cartulary manuscripts -- Cartulary scholarship and the 'genre' of cartularies -- Directions for the future -- Reading medieval cartularies -- Appendix: Contents of the two cartularies by 'series' -- Editorial principles -- The contents of the Glasgow RV by series -- The contents of Lindores Caprington by series -- Bibliography -- Index The physical nature of the medieval cartulary examined alongside its textual contents |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (334 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781787446663 1787446662 9781783274789 1783274786 |