The Production of Books in England 1350–1500 (Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology, Series Number 14)

Between Roughly 1350 And 1500, The English Vernacular Became Established As A Language Of Literary, Bureaucratic, Devotional And Controversial Writing; Metropolitan Artisans Formed Guilds For The Production And Sale Of Books For The First Time; And Gutenberg's And Eventually Caxton's Printed Books Reached Their First English Consumers. This Book Gathers The Best New Work On Manuscript Books In England Made During This Crucial But Neglected Period. Its Authors Survey Existing Research, Gather Intensive New Evidence And Develop New Approaches To Key Topics. The Chapters Cover The Material Conditions And Economy Of The Book Trade; Amateur Production Both Lay And Religious; The Effects Of Censorship; And The Impact On English Book Production Of Manuscripts And Artisans From Elsewhere In The British Isles And Europe. A Wide-ranging And Innovative Series Of Essays, This Volume Is A Major Contribution To The History Of The Book In Medieval England-- Foreword / Derek Pearsall -- Introduction / Alexandra Gillespie And Daniel Wakelin -- 1. Materials / Orietta Da Rold -- 2. Writing The Words / Daniel Wakelin -- 3. Mapping The Words / Simon Horobin -- 4. Designing The Page / Stephen Partridge -- 5. Decorating And Illustrating The Page / Martha Driver And Michael Orr -- 6. Compiling The Book / Margaret Connolly -- 7. Bookbinding / Alexandra Gillespie -- 8. Commercial Organization And Innovation / Erik Kwakkel -- 9. Vernacular Literary Manuscripts And Their Scribes / Linne R. Mooney -- 10. Book Production Outside Commercial Contexts / Jean-pascal Pouzet -- 11. Censorship / Fiona Somerset -- 12. Books Beyond England / John Thompson -- 13. English Books And The Continent / David Rundle -- Afterword: The Book In Culture / Wendy Scase. Edited By Alexandra Gillespie And Daniel Wakelin. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 299-350) And Indexes. Machine generated contents note: Foreword Derek Pearsall; Introduction Alexandra Gillespie and Daniel Wakelin; 1. Materials Orietta Da Rold; 2. Writing the words Daniel Wakelin; 3. Mapping the words Simon Horobin; 4. Designing the page Stephen Partridge; 5. Decorating and illustrating the page Martha Driver and Michael Orr; 6. Compiling the book Margaret Connolly; 7. Bookbinding Alexandra Gillespie; 8. Commercial organization and innovation Erik Kwakkel; 9. Vernacular literary manuscripts and their scribes Linne R. Mooney; 10. Book production outside commercial contexts Jean-Pascal Pouzet; 11. Censorship Fiona Somerset; 12. Books beyond England John Thompson; 13. English books and the Continent David Rundle; Afterword: the book in culture Wendy Scase; Bibliography; Manuscript index; Index. This book gathers the best work on manuscript books in England made during this crucial but neglected period. A wide-ranging and innovative series of essays, this volume is a major contribution to the history of the book from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.