Writers and Readers in Medieval Italy: Studies in the History of Written CultureIn this fascinating book, one of the world's foremost authorities on writing and the social history of books discusses reading and writing in medieval Italy. Armando Petrucci addresses concerns central to paleographers and to cultural historians: how people learned to write, what they wrote, what they read, how scribes were trained, the purposes for which books were copied, and how ideas about books influenced their use, preservation, and transmission. |
Contents
From the Unitary Book to the Miscellany | 1 |
The Christian Conception of the Book in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries 19 | 19 |
The Lombard Problem 43 | 43 |
Book Handwriting and School 59 | 59 |
Literacy and Graphic Culture of Early Medieval Scribes 77 | 77 |
Symbolic Aspects of Written Evidence 103 | 103 |
Common terms and phrases
Agilulf ancient ASPECTS OF WRITTEN AUTHOR'S BOOK authors autograph Bible Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Bognetti book production canon caroline minuscule Carolingian Cassiodorus Charlemagne Charles the Bald classical codex codices collections Coluccio Salutati complex constituted containing copying copyists cursive deluxe diffusion documentary documents drafted EARLY MEDIEVAL SCRIBES early Middle Ages ecclesiastical eighth century elements epigraphic especially example Florence Francesco Francesco Petrarca Gospels graphic Greek hand humanistic Ibid ideological imitation inscriptions Italian late antique Latin letters libri libro LITERACY OF EARLY Lombard Italy Lucca manuscripts medioevo Milan minuscule notaries origin ornamental paleographical parchment Paris period Petrarca Petrucci practice precise Quattrocento READING AND WRITING religious repr Roman Rome rustic capitals San Gall script scriptorium Scrittura sixth century Storia SYMBOLIC ASPECTS techniques texts thirteenth tradition twelfth century uncial UNITARY BOOK vernacular Vespasiano da Bisticci WRITING VOLGARE written culture WRITTEN EVIDENCE