English paleography and manuscript culture, 1500-1800
James, Kathryn, 1970-2020
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This engaging book provides an essential introduction to the manuscript in early modern England. From birth to death, parish record to probate inventory, writing framed the lives of the early modern English. The book offers a detailed technical introduction to the handwriting of the period, from "secretary hand" through the "copperplate" that defined the early British Empire. Case studies trace the significance of manuscript to British cultural identity, exploring the intersections of manuscript and print, the roles of manuscript in the bureaucracy of the early modern state, and the complex practices surrounding manuscript in the lives of early modern readers and writers. Exercises offer the opportunity to practice reading and transcription. pointing to examples ranging from John Lydgate through William Wordsworth. Richly illustrated and drawing extensively on Yale University collections, this book opens the study of early modern English manuscript to a new generation of students and scholars.
Main title:
English paleography and manuscript culture, 1500-1800 / Kathryn James.
Author:
Imprint:
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, 2020
Collation:
287 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 30 cm
Variant title:
Other title: English paleography and manuscript culture, fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
ISBN:
9780300254358 (hardback;)
Language:
English
Subject:
Paleography, English -- Handbooks, manuals, etcManuscripts, Renaissance -- FacsimilesManuscripts, Medieval -- FacsimilesManuscripts, English -- FacsimilesHistoryEuropean historyHistoryAntiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matterUnited Kingdom, Great Britain16th century, c 1500 to c 159917th century, c 1600 to c 169918th century, c 1700 to c 1799Literary studies: generalLiterature: history & criticismTudor EnglandJacobean & Early Stuart BritainGeorgian & Regency BritainThe Restoration & Later Stuart Britain
BRN:
2574234
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