Postcards on parchment : the social lives of medieval books / Kathryn M. Rudy.
Postcards on parchment : the social lives of medieval books / Kathryn M. Rudy.
Postcards on parchment : the social lives of medieval books / Kathryn M. Rudy.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Call Numbers
GQ 2015/779
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 359 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2015]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims' badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classified as manuscript illumination, but Kathryn M. Rudy argues that these pictures s...
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Full title
Postcards on parchment : the social lives of medieval books / Kathryn M. Rudy.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-352) and indexes.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2015/779
Record Identifier
74VvZyK23mXg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZyK23mXg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0300209894 (hardback)
9780300209891 (hardback)
DDC
745.670940902
MMS ID
991004755469702626
