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Record Number:
4039
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Dutton , Elisabeth.
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Title:
Textual Disunities and Ambiguities of "mise-en-page" in the Manuscripts Containing "Book to a Mother" ["Book to a Mother" is a compilation text in which a son discusses prayers and various teachings of the Church. It is frequently accompanied by other devotional pieces in its four surviving manuscript copies. Dutton presents a brief codicological analysis of the four manuscripts emphasizing scribal practices in handling divisions within texts and separations between texts. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source:
Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History 6, ( 2003): Pages 149 - 159.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Book to a Mother, Middle English Prose Didactic Work
Codicology
Compilation
Devotional Literature
Literature- Prose
Manuscripts
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Manuscript; 1) London, British Library Add. 30897. Dated to the fifteenth century. 2) London, British Library Egerton 826. Dating to the fourteenth century, this manuscript contains only the text of "Book to a Mother." It contains running heads in red and had space l
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Author's Affiliation:
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2003.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
15256790