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Medieval manuscript production in the Latin West : explorations with a global database / by Eltjo Buringh.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buringh, E.
- Series:
- Global economic history series ; v. 6.
- Global economic history series, 1872-5155 ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Book industries and trade--Europe, Western--History--To 1500.
- Book industries and trade.
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Europe, Western--History.
- Manuscripts--Reproduction--History--To 1500.
- Manuscripts.
- Books--Europe, Western--History--400-1450.
- Books.
- Codicology--Statistical methods.
- Codicology.
- Statistics.
- History.
- Manuscripts--Reproduction.
- Western Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 569 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Methodological approach. Manuscripts ; Database ; Validations of the database ; Shelf marks ; Categories of uses ; Loss rates ; Extrapolations and calibrations ; Similarity quantification ; Inferences ; Historical data in Latin West ; Discussion and conclusions
- Global distributions of manuscripts. Total manuscript numbers ; Distributions of manuscripts in the database ; Global uses ; Shifts in regional uses of manuscripts ; Discussion and conclusions
- Losses of medieval manuscripts. Loss rates ; Loss rates in England ; Loss rates in the rest of the world ; Survival of manuscripts in the Latin West ; Discussion and conclusions on losses of manuscripts
- Production of medieval manuscripts in the Latin West. Calculation of production rates ; Comparison of estimates ; On uncertainties in the production estimates ; Further discussions and conclusions
- Historical support for the production estimates in the Latin West. "Early-Christian equilibrium", (sixth to seventh centuries) ; "Early-medieval stability", (ninth to tenth centuries) ; "From uniformity to differentiation" (twelfth to thirteenth centuries) ; "Fragmentation of uses" (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) ; Further discussions and conclusions
- Medieval manuscripts as a yardstick. Other medieval output indicators ; Variables related to manuscript production ; Monastic output of manuscripts ; Lay outputs of manuscripts ; Overall discussion and conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [543]-557) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9047428641
- 9789047428640
- Publisher Number:
- 99962027315
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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