Graphic Practices and Literacies in the History of English / edited by Matti Peikola, Jukka Tyrkkö and Mari-Liisa Varila.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peikola, Matti, Editor, Contributor.

Tyrkkö, Jukka, Editor, Contributor.

Varila, Mari-Liisa, Editor, Contributor.

Series:

Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 61.

Utrecht studies in medieval literacy, 2034-9416 ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiotics.

Visual communication--Great Britain--History.

Visual communication.

Literacy--Great Britain--History.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

xv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2025]

Summary:

"Graphic devices such as tables and diagrams and other visual strategies of organising text and information are an essential part of communication. The use of these devices and strategies in books and documents developed throughout the medieval and early modern periods, as knowledge was translated and circulated in European vernaculars. Yet the use of graphic practices and multimodal literacies associated with them have mostly been examined in the context of Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew, and early vernacular writing remains an under-researched area. This volume brings together contributors from English historical linguistics and book studies to highlight multimodal graphic practices and literacies in texts across a range of genres and text types from the late medieval period until the eighteenth century. Contributions in the volume investigate both handwritten and printed materials, from books in the domains of medicine, religion, history, and grammar, to administrative records and letter writing."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Graphic Practices in Early English Texts / Matti Peikola, Jukka Tyrkkö and Mari-Liisa Varila

Part I

Conventionalising Strategies of Verbal and Visual information / Colette Moore

The Pragmatics of Late Medieval English Accounts: A Case Study / Kjetil V. Thengs

Plague on the Page: Mise-en-page and Visual Highlighting in the John of Burgundy Plague Tract from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century / Alpo Honkapohja

The Pragmatics of Punctuation in Early English Medical Recipe Books / Javier Calle-Martin and Jesús Romero-Barranco

Visual Pragmatics and Late Modern English Letters / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Part II

The A to Z of Middle English Indexing? The Tables of John Trevisa's Polychronicon / Wendy Scasea

Visual and Linguistic Interpretation of the Pater Noster Table of the Vernon Manuscript / Olga Timofeeva

Visual Chronologies in Early Modern English Historiography / Aino Liira, Matti Peikola and Marjo Kaartinen A

Visual Representation of Information in Medical Texts, 1500-1700 / Mari-Liisa Varila, Carla Suhr and Jukka Tyrkkö

Verbal and Visual Instruction in Early Dance Manuals: The Curious Case of John Playford's Tables / Hanna Salmi

Graphic Elements in Early Printed Grammar Books / Janne Skaffari and Jukka Tyrkkö

Afterword / Jeremy J. Smith

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.

ISBN:

9782503600451

250360045X

OCLC:

1483639900