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Author Buringh, Eltjo

Title Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West : Explorations with a Global Database
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (600 pages)
Series Global Economic History Series
Global economic history series.
Contents Medieval Manuscript Productionin the Latin West -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- LIST OF SYMBOLS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS1 -- COLOUR PLATES -- CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH -- 2.1 Manuscripts -- Palimpsests -- 2.2 Database -- Inclusion criteria -- Library -- Time period -- Geographical differentiation -- 2.3 Validations of the Database -- Rolls and codices in Egypt, 1st to 5th century -- Latin Gospel Books copied from the 5th to the 8th century -- Books in Egyptian church property, 7th to 8th century -- Medieval monastic catalogues
CHAPTER FIVE PRODUCTION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTSIN THE LATIN WEST -- 5.1 Calculation of Production Rates -- Method to fi nd the production rates of manuscripts -- Resulting estimate of manuscript production in the Latin West -- 5.2 Comparison of Estimates -- Comparisons with hand-written books -- Comparisons with printed books -- 5.3 On Uncertainties in the Production Estimates -- Database construction and adjustments -- Reciprocal Survival factor -- Compound uncertainty -- 5.4 Further Discussions and Conclusions -- Discussion on spatial calibration factors -- Conclusions
Discussion -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER FOUR LOSSES OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS -- 4.1 Loss Rates -- Assessment of loss rates -- Random losses of manuscripts -- Non-random loss -- 4.2 Loss Rates in England -- Loss rates from medieval libraries -- Post-medieval loss rates -- 4.3 Loss Rates in the Rest of the World -- Loss rates in the Latin West -- Loss rates in the non-Latin West -- 4.4 Survival of Manuscripts in the Latin West. -- Calculation of loss rates -- Reciprocal survival factors -- 4.5 Discussion and Conclusions on Losses of Manuscripts -- Discussion -- Conclusions
Latin bestiaries, 11th to 15th century -- CMD, catalogue des manuscrits datés -- Dutch Alba Amicorum, 16th to 18th centuries -- Conclusions relating to validations -- 2.4 Shelf Marks -- 2.5 Categories of Uses -- 2.6 Loss Rates -- 2.7 Extrapolations and Calibrations -- Extrapolations -- Calibrations -- 2.8 Similarity Quantification -- Characterisation of distributions -- Explained variance -- Cluster analysis -- 2.9 Inferences -- Deductions from the database -- 2.10 Historical Data in Latin West -- Population numbers -- Urbanisation -- Universities in the Latin West -- Dioceses
Numbers of monasteries -- 2.11 Discussion and Conclusions -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER THREE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS -- 3.1 Total Manuscript Numbers -- Data sleuthing -- Numbers of surviving manuscripts (M) -- Corroborations -- Discussions and conclusions -- 3.2 Distributions of Manuscripts in the Database -- Overview of frequency distributions -- 3.3 Global Uses -- Patterns of global uses -- Users of Books of Hours -- Medieval Renaissances -- 3.4 Shifts in Regional Uses of Manuscripts -- Stability of regional uses -- Trend spotting of regional uses -- 3.5 Discussion and Conclusions
Summary Drawing on statistical techniques and samples this book offers an estimate of medieval production rates of manuscripts in the Latin West. Such information is a helpful production indicator for a period of which we have so little other quantitative data
Subject Book industries and trade -- Europe, Western -- History -- To 1500
Books -- Europe, Western -- History -- 400-1450
Codicology -- Statistical methods
Manuscripts -- Reproduction -- History -- To 1500
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Europe, Western -- History
Book industries and trade
Books
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts -- Reproduction
Western Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047428640
9047428641