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Medieval Script

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... the second family we are looking at. Ultimately it would evolve into a third family, Gothic textualis, whose development was nearing com pletion in the early thirteenth century (see for example Figure 25).Kwakkel, “Biting, Kissing...

Slips, Strips, and Scraps: Scholarly Notes

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... for the production of small books, which can be recognized by their uneven pages (Figure 94) and translucent patches (see Figure 4), the scraps were particularly popular for note-taking.For the use of offcuts, see Kwakkel, “Discarded...

Second-Hand Books Before Print

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... in Kwakkel, “Commercial Organisation and Economic Innovation,” pp. 176–77. It also shows that the texts they contain—Macrobius’s commentary on Cicero’s Dream of Scipio (Figure 113) and excerpts from Priscian (Figure 114)— remained valuable,...

Where are the Scriptoria?

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... to have been separated from the local monks.An inventory of monastic regulations is found in Kwakkel, “Dit sijn die Dietsche boeke,” p. 36; cases from the twelfth century are available in Gullick, “Professional Scribes.” A similar scenario...

Helping Hands on the Page

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Pointing hand in shape of dragon, thirteenth century. London, BL, Royal 12 E.xxv. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts.This chapter deals with another marginal notation that reveals reading practices...

Manuscripts on the Move

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... the Dutch “scout” (fault) was glossed with the German “schult.”Kwakkel, “Dit sijn die Dietsche boeke,” pp. 184–86. The German reader probably knew Dutch quite well (there are not many German equivalents found in the margins...

Medieval Book Apps

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Volvelle in housebook of Houcken family near Münster, ca. 1450-1500. Maastricht, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg, 22.001A. Photo by the author.In the last chapter of this section the spectrum of medieval written culture expands once...

Desktops

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Translator Simon de Hesdin at work at a broad desk consisting of two parts placed next to one another, 1479. London, BL, Royal 18 E.III, fol. 24r. CC0 1.0 Universal.Source: www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts.While miniatures may...

The Last Page Of The Manuscript

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... group of people.Kwakkel, “Hidden in Plain Sight.” Collection of pen trials, fifteenth century. Leiden, UB, BPL 3327:22, fol. 1v. Photo by the author. Some flyleaves contain only a few pen trials, while others attracted quite a number...

The Empty Part Of The Page

Erik Kwakkel

Erik Kwakkel is book historian and professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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... which reflects broader medieval patterns, shows that pages from that period consist of approximately 50 per cent margin, and in some cases significantly more.Kwakkel, “The Margin as Editorial Space.”This implies, astonishingly,...