English Renaissance manuscript culture : the paper revolution / Steven W. May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Steven W., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, English--History--16th century.

Manuscripts, English.

Manuscripts, English--History--17th century.

Books--Great Britain--History--1450-1600.

Books.

Books--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Paper--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Paper.

Paper--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 273 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'English Renaissance Manuscript Culture' shows how the advent of paper as a cheap and lasting medium of writing helped to create a new type of scribal culture - one distinct from its Medieval counterpart - in Renaissance England.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works

Introduction

1. The Transition to a Hybrid Scribal Culture

A. From Papyrus to Paper

B. The Age of Paper Begins

C. Paper Comes to England

D. Emerging Amateur Literacy

E. Paper and Authorship

F. Paper and the Proliferation of Archival Documents

G. Printing: From Script to Yet More Script

2. Amateur Handwriting and Document Formats

A. Writing with Pen and Ink

B. Characteristics of Amateur Handwriting and Composition

C. Implications of Amateur Handwriting and Composition

D. Document Formats: Separates, Quires, and Rolls

E. Personal Correspondence

3. Personal Notebooks

A. Student Notebooks

B. Commonplace Books

C. Recipe Books

D. Alchemical Manuscripts

E. Miscellanies

F. A Sampling of Middle-Class Notebooks

4. The Circulation of Texts: Coteries and the National NetworK

A. Scribal Communities

B. Coterie Circulation

C. Effects of a Network Circulation of Texts

D. Attributions and Anonymity

E. Transmitting Elite Manuscripts

5. Loss Rates and the Skewed Patterns of Survival

A. The Wholesale Loss of Manuscripts

B. Underclass Manuscript Attrition

C. Evidence for Loss Rates: Stemmata

D. A Case Study: HN: MS HM 198.2

6. The Network in Action: Classifying Poetic Manuscripts

A. Poetic Environments

B. Reconstructing the Network

(1) Compilers' Testimony

(2) Textual Criticism and Biographical Research

(3) Connections Revealed by Handwriting

7. Notebook Origins: Tracking the Triad

A. Manningham and Fitzjames

B. L: MS Add. 25303

C. L: MS Add. 22601

Conclusion: The Future of English Renaissance Manuscript Studies

Manuscripts Cited.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: May, Steven W. English Renaissance Manuscript Culture

ISBN:

0-19-198851-0

0-19-887801-X

0-19-887802-8

9780198878025