The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume 1, c.400-1100 [electronic resource] / edited by Richard Gameson.

Contributor Gameson, Richard, editor.

ImprintCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Description1 online resource (xx, 827 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Note:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).

Note:From Vindolanda to Domesday: the book in Britain from the Romans to the Normans / Richard Gameson -- THE MAKING OF BOOKS -- The material fabric of early British books / Richard Gameson -- Anglo-Saxon scribes and scriptoria / Richard Gameson -- Writing in the Insular world / Michelle P. Brown -- Script in Wales, Scotland and Cornwall / Helen McKee -- English vernacular script / Julia Crick -- Latin script in England c. 900-1100 / David Ganz, Rebecca Rushforth and Teresa Webber -- The design and decoration of Insular gospel-books and other liturgical manuscripts, c. 600 -- c. 900 / Nancy Netzer -- The decoration of the earliest Welsh manuscripts / Nancy Edwards -- Book decoration in England, c. 871 -- c. 1100 / Richard Gameson -- Bookbindings / Michael Gullick -- THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS -- Exchanges between the British Isles and the Continent, c. 450 -- c. 900 / Rosamond McKitterick -- The circulation of books between England and the Celtic realms / Helen McKee -- The circulation of books between England and the Continent, c. 871 -- c. 1100 / Richard Gameson -- TYPES OF BOOKS AND THEIR USES -- The book in Roman Britain / R.S.O. Tomlin -- The use of the book in Wales, c. 400-1100 / T.M. Charles-Edwards -- The biblical manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon England / Richard Marsden -- Anglo-Saxon gospel-books, c. 900-1066 / Patrick McGurk -- Liturgical books / Richard W. Pfaff -- Anglo-Saxon prayerbooks / Barbara Raw -- Psalters / M. Jane Toswell -- Music books / Susan Rankin -- Anglo-Saxon schoolbooks / Scott Gwara -- Law books / Patrick Wormald -- Manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / Simon Keynes -- Old English homiliaries and poetic manuscripts / Donald Scragg -- COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS -- Patrick, apostle of the Irish / David Howlett -- The library of Iona at the time of Adomnan / Thomas O'Loughlin -- Literacy in Anglo-Saxon England / M.R. Godden -- Aldhelm's library / Andy Orchard -- The library of the Venerable Bede / Rosalind Love -- The library of Alcuin's York / Mary Garrison -- The library of Cynewulf / Fiona Gameson -- King Alfred and his circle / Rohini Jayatilaka -- lfric's library / M.R. Godden -- The library of Byrhtferth / Michael Lapidge -- The library of Wulfstan of York / Andy Orchard -- Rhygyfarch ap Sulien and Ieuan ap Sulien / David Howlett -- CODA -- The study of early British books / Richard Gameson -- Bibliography -- Concordance of named manuscripts.

Note:This is the first comprehensive survey of the history of the book in Britain from Roman through Anglo-Saxon to early Norman times. The expert contributions explore the physical form of books, including their codicology, script and decoration, examine the circulation and exchange of manuscripts and texts between England, Ireland, the Celtic realms and the Continent, discuss the production, presentation and use of different classes of texts, ranging from fine service books to functional schoolbooks, and evaluate the libraries that can be associated with particular individuals and institutions. The result is an authoritative account of the first millennium of the history of books, manuscript-making, and literary culture in Britain which, intimately linked to its cultural contexts, sheds vital light on broader patterns of political, ecclesiastical and cultural history extending from the period of the Vindolanda writing tablets through the age of Bede and Alcuin to the time of the Domesday Book.

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