Paper Stories – Paper and Book History in Early Modern Europe

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-11-115491-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 454 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1231 g

Reihe: Materiale Textkulturen

This peer-reviewed conference volume examines paper and material aspects of the written word in early modern Europe. The collection is designed around three thematic strands, based on the lifecycle of handwritten documents and manuscripts and printed books: first, production of paper, second production of books and manuscripts and third, trade and exchange, and ownership of manuscripts and books. By tracing the history of paper, books and collections through case studies of historically important objects, the authors identify agents and hotspots of production, trade and ownership from both centres and peripheries of Europe from the late Middle Ages until the beginning of industrialisation. They thereby address material aspects of documents, manuscripts and books, as well as object biography, from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. By doing so this volume provides insight into actual practices of the past and the material history of written texts.

Zielgruppe

Historians, book historians, paper historians, print historians,

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hufnagel, Silvia

Sigurðardóttir, Þórunn

Ólafsson, Davíð

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Silvia Hufnagel, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík, Iceland; Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík, Iceland; Davíð Ólafsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.