Scribes and the Presentation of Texts (from Antiquity to c. 1550). Proceedings of the 20th Colloquium of the Comit international de pal ographie latine. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University (New Haven, September 6-8, 2017)

Hardback, 604 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:193 b/w, 37 col., 27 tables b/w., Language(s):English, French, Italian. ISBN 9782503595160. Summary Scribes played complex, often overlooked roles in the production of hand-written texts across Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Some scribes simply copied the exemplar; other scribes participated with authors and decorators in establishing the mise-en-page and overall appearance of a text. Many decisions needed to be made regarding the selection of text script; the style of rubrication, display scripts, and initials; the placement and execution of potentially elaborate illuminated images. What was the role of the scribe in contributing to the decision-making process or in determining the final format and material appearance of a document, scroll or codex? This volume explores many of the choices that a single scribe or groups of scribes would need to make when writing and presenting a text, whether in a monastic, cathedral or lay setting. The articles in the volume range from case studies of a single artifact to the analysis of multiple copies and versions of a particular text. The authors include eminent specialists in the field of manuscript studies as well as mid- and early career scholars. TABLE OF CONTENTS Keynote Stefano ZAMPONI (Universit di Firenze Italia), The Papyri of Dura Europos in the History of Latin Script I papiri di Dura Europos nella storia della scrittura latina (In Italian, accompanied by an English translation) I. Tradition and Innovation: Classical Traditions and Medieval Innovations Serena AMMIRATI, (Universit degli Studi Roma Tre), Il manoscritto latino di contenuto giuridico tra Antichit e Medioevo: strategie distintive e conservatorismo grafico da Oriente a Occidente Marilena MANIACI & Giulia OROFINO, (Universit di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale), Making, Writing and Decorating the Bible: Montecassino, a Case Study Irene CECCHERINI (University of Oxford), The Shaping of the Latin Classics in 14th-Century Italy Julia MARVIN ( University of Notre Dame), The Rhetoric of Textual Presentation in Manuscripts of the Anglo-Norman Prose Brut Chronicle: When Foundation Stories Collide II. Decision Making and Workflow: Patrons, Authors And Scribes Jes s ALTURO & T nia ALAIX (Universitat Aut noma de Barcelona), Categories of Promoters and Categories of Writings: The Free Will of the Scribes, Cause of Formal Graphic Differences Francisco LVAREZ L PEZ & Julia CRICK (King's College London), Decision-Making and Workflow in the Making of Exon Domesday Laura PANI (Universit degli Studi di Udine), Lay Scribes before c. 1100: Books, Texts, Scripts S bastien BARRET (IRHT-CNRS: Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes - Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris), Pr sentation des textes, discours diplomatique et 'responsables de la transcription des actes' aux Xe et XIe si cles: quelques chartes clunisiennes Eef OVERGAAUW (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), Authors, Scribes and Librarians. Literary Estates in Germany in the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Century III. Text and Paratext: Structuring Texts, Structuring Books David GANZ (University College London, retired) Half-Uncial Scripts: a Way of Presenting Texts Andrew J. M. IRVING (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Mass by Design: Design Elements in Early Italian Mass Books Elena RODR GUEZ D AZ (Universidad de Huelva), Las r bricas en los c dices medievales de los reinos de Le n y Castilla (siglos XII-XV) Thomas FALMAGNE (Biblioth que nationale de Luxembourg), L'ordinatio dans les manuscrits de compilation Patrizia CARMASSI (Herzog August Bibliothek), Il prologo tra autore, scriba e manoscritto. Indagini su uso e funzione di un particolare paratesto in codici della Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenb ttel, e della Nieders chsische Staats- und Universit tsbibliothek, G ttingen Dominique STUTZMANN (IRHT-CNRS: Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes - Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris), Du Roman de la Rose aux livres d'heures : tudier et comprendre les critures de colophons Beyond Words: Visual Representations of Meaning Gabriella POMARO (SISMEL: Societ Internaionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino, Firenze), Dall'ars scripta all'Ars figurata: Raimondo Lullo (1232-1316) e la tradizione figurata dell'ars combinatoria Marigold Anne NORBYE (University College London), The manifold manifestations of A tous nobles: decoration and diversity in a French genealogical chronicle Maria THEISEN ( sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien), God Speaks Czech. Some reflection on layout, script and image in Czech Bibles of the 15th Century IV. APICES Session Evina STEINOV (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto) Nota and Require: The Oldest Western Annotation Symbols and Their Dissemination in the Early Middle Ages Anna DOROFEEVA (University of Frankfurt), Reading Early Medieval Miscellanies Manuel MU OZ GARC A (King's College London), The Script of Matthew Paris and His Collaborators (c. 1200-1259): A Multi-Methodological Approach Adri n ARES LEGASPI (Universidad de Sevilla), La presentaci n de los textos en las profesiones religiosas del monasterio de San Mart n Pinario (Santiago de Compostela), en la primera mitad del siglo XVI Agnieszka REC (Boston, Massachusetts Historical Society), The Archaeology of the Book and the Alchemy of Cracow Index of Manuscripts and Documents Index of Private Collections Index of Papyri and Tablets Index of Names Index of Scribes and Decorators