Marvel and artefact : the 'wonders of the east' in its manuscript contexts / By A.J. Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, A. J. (Priest)

Series:

Library of the Written Word 45.

Library of the written word ; v. 45

Manuscript world ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marvelous, The--Early works to 1800.

De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marvel and Artefact examines the three surviving manuscripts of Wonders of the East (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A. xv; London, BL, Cotton Tiberius B. v; and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614). After outlining the learned tradition of writing on monsters and marvels and the family of texts of which the Wonders of the East is part, A. J. Ford offers a forensic reading of each manuscript in which codex, text and image are studied together as a single artefact. By focussing on the materiality of manuscripts whose origin can only be hypothesized, this innovative and challenging work opens new vistas for the study and interpretation of medieval manuscripts and the cultures that produced them.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A.J. Ford

‘The Manifold Uses of Things’: The Early Medieval Book as Artefact / A.J. Ford

The Wonders of the East and the Learned Tradition of Marvels / A.J. Ford

The Wonders in a Manuscript of Unknown Origin: London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. xv / A.J. Ford

The Wonders and the Computus Manuscript: London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. v / A.J. Ford

The Wonders and the Schools: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614 / A.J. Ford

The Materiality of Marvels / A.J. Ford

Appendix: Summary Descriptions of the Wonders Manuscripts / A.J. Ford

Bibliography / A.J. Ford

Index of Subjects / A.J. Ford

Index of Ancient and Medieval Authors and Texts / A.J. Ford.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-30139-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004301399 DOI