The Cambridge history of the book in Britain.

The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 1, C.400-1100 / edited by Richard Gameson.

A comprehensive account of the changing forms and functions of books and literary culture in Britain in relation to their historical context, from Roman through Anglo-Saxon to early Norman times.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge Core)
Other Authors: Gameson, Richard
Other title:Book in Britain
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge histories online.
Subjects:
400-1450
Books > Great Britain > History > 400-1450.
Books
Great Britain
History
Table of Contents:
  • From Vindolanda to Domesday: the book in Britain from the Romans to the Normans / Richard Gameson
  • THE MAKING OF BOOKS
  • The material fabric of early British books / Richard Gameson
  • Anglo-Saxon scribes and scriptoria / Richard Gameson
  • Writing in the Insular world / Michelle P. Brown
  • Script in Wales, Scotland and Cornwall / Helen McKee
  • English vernacular script / Julia Crick
  • Latin script in England c. 900-1100 / David Ganz, Rebecca Rushforth and Teresa Webber
  • The design and decoration of Insular gospel-books and other liturgical manuscripts, c. 600
  • c. 900 / Nancy Netzer
  • The decoration of the earliest Welsh manuscripts / Nancy Edwards
  • Book decoration in England, c. 871
  • c. 1100 / Richard Gameson
  • Bookbindings / Michael Gullick
  • THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS
  • Exchanges between the British Isles and the Continent, c. 450
  • c. 900 / Rosamond McKitterick
  • The circulation of books between England and the Celtic realms / Helen McKee
  • The circulation of books between England and the Continent, c. 871
  • c. 1100 / Richard Gameson.
  • TYPES OF BOOKS AND THEIR USES
  • The book in Roman Britain / R.S.O. Tomlin
  • The use of the book in Wales, c. 400-1100 / T.M. Charles-Edwards
  • The biblical manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon England / Richard Marsden
  • Anglo-Saxon gospel-books, c. 900-1066 / Patrick McGurk
  • Liturgical books / Richard W. Pfaff
  • Anglo-Saxon prayerbooks / Barbara Raw
  • Psalters / M. Jane Toswell
  • Music books / Susan Rankin
  • Anglo-Saxon schoolbooks / Scott Gwara
  • Law books / Patrick Wormald
  • Manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / Simon Keynes
  • Old English homiliaries and poetic manuscripts / Donald Scragg
  • COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS
  • Patrick, apostle of the Irish / David Howlett
  • The library of Iona at the time of Adomnán / Thomas O'Loughlin
  • Literacy in Anglo-Saxon England / M.R. Godden
  • Aldhelm's library / Andy Orchard
  • The library of the Venerable Bede / Rosalind Love
  • The library of Alcuin's York / Mary Garrison
  • The library of Cynewulf / Fiona Gameson
  • King Alfred and his circle / Rohini Jayatilaka
  • Ælfric's library / M.R. Godden
  • The library of Byrhtferth / Michael Lapidge
  • The library of Wulfstan of York / Andy Orchard
  • Rhygyfarch ap Sulien and Ieuan ap Sulien / David Howlett
  • CODA
  • The study of early British books / Richard Gameson
  • Bibliography
  • Concordance of named manuscripts.

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