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Title The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 1, C.400-1100 / edited by Richard Gameson
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 827 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Cambridge histories online
Cambridge histories online
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Books -- Great Britain -- History -- 400-1450
Books.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Gameson, Richard.
ISBN 0511978022
9780511978029
Other Titles Book in Britain