Writing beyond pen and parchment : inscribed objects in medieval European literature / edited by Ricarda Wagner, Christine Neufeld, and Ludger Lieb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wagner, Ricarda, editor.

Neufeld, Christine M., 1972- editor.

Lieb, Ludger, 1967-

Series:

Materiale Textkulturen ; 30.

Materiale Textkulturen ; Band 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions--Europe--History--To 1500.

Inscriptions.

Writing materials and instruments--History--To 1500.

Writing materials and instruments.

Written communication--Europe--History--To 1500.

Written communication.

Writing--Europe--History--To 1500.

Writing.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2019.

Summary:

"In the Middle Ages, writing was not confined to manuscripts, but inscribed in the broader material world, in textiles and tombs, on weapons or human skin. This volume presents the first comparative overview of text-bearing artefacts in medieval German, Old Norse, British, French, Italian, and Iberian literature and offers a fresh perspective on the medieval world that takes seriously the vibrancy of matter as a vital aspect of textual culture." -- Back cover

Contents:

Introduction / Christine Neufeld, Ricarda Wagner

Writing between stillness and movement: script-bearing artefacts in courtly German literature / Laura Velte, Michael R. Ott

Inscriptions in Old Norse literature / Katja Schultz

Inscriptions in British literature: from runes to the rise of public poetry / Christine Neufeld, Ricarda Wagner

Old French narrated inscriptions / Iris Roebling-Grau, Sascha A. Schultz

Inscriptions in Italian literature / Elisa De Roberto

Inscriptions on the Iberian penninsula: material script and narrative logic in Castilian and Catalan literatures / Stephanie Béreiziat-Lang

Culture in nature: writing on wood / Michael R. Ott

Inscriptions on stone / Sascha A. Schultz

From tattoo to stigma: writing on body and skin / Stephanie Béreiziat-Lang, Michael R. Ott

Woven words, embroidered stories: inscriptions on textiles / Ludger Lieb

Writing spaces: inscriptions on architecture / Christine Neufeld

Tablets and the poetics of the pre-modern post-it / Ricarda Wagner

Sepulchral representation: inscribed tombs and narrated epitaphs in the high Middle Ages / Laura Velte

Text-bearing warriors: inscriptions on weapons / Michael R. Ott

More than bling: inscribed jewellery between social distinction, amatory gift-giving, and spiritual practice / Christoph Witt

A cabinet of curiosities / Maria Krümpelmann, Ludger Lieb, Tamara Ludwig, Christine Neufeld, Michael R. Ott, Ricarda Wagner

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indices.

ISBN:

3110645432

9783110645439

OCLC:

1079001542