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MEDIEVAL LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION TORONTO MEDIEVAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES 8 General Editor: John Leyerle Published in Association with the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto LEONARD E. BOYLE OP Medieval Latin Palaeography A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London www.utppublishing.com University of Toronto Press Incorporated 1984 Toronto Buffalo London Printed in Canada Reprinted 1995 ISBN 0-8020-5612-1 (cloth) ISBN 0-8020-6558-9 (paper) Printed on acid-free paper Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Boyle, Leonard E., 1923- Medieval Latin palaeography (Toronto medieval bibliographies; 8) "Published in association with the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto. " Includes indexes. ISBN 0-8020-5612-1 (bound); 0-8020-6558-9 (pbk) 1. Paleography, Latin - Bibliography. 2. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) — Bibliography. 3. Transmission of texts — Bibliography. I. University of Toronto. Centre for Medieval Studies. II. Title. III. Series. Z106. B69 1984 016. 471'? C84-099547-4 Editor's Preface The study of the Middle Ages has been developed chiefly within university departments such as English or History. This pattern is increasingly being supplemented by an interdisciplinary approach in which the plan of work is shaped to fit the subject studied. The difference of approach is between Chaucer the English poet and Chaucer the civil servant of London attached to the court of Richard II, a man interested in the Ptolemaic universe and widely read in Latin, French, and Italian. Interdisciplinary programs tend to lead readers into areas relatively unfamiliar to them where critical biblio- graphies prepared with careful selectivity by an expert are essential. The Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto takes such an interdisciplinary approach to the Middle Ages, and the need for selective bibliographies has become apparent in our work. The Centre has undertaken to meet this need by sponsoring the Toronto Medieval Bibliographies. In his valuable guide, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies* Richard H. Rouse describes 283 bibliographies; the number is surprisingly large and indicates the considerable effort now being made to provide inclusive lists of items relevant to medieval studies. The total amount in print is already vast; for one unfamiliar with a subject, significant work is difficult to locate and the problem grows worse with each year's output. The reader may well say, like the throng in Piers Plowman seeking the way to Treuthe, 'This were a wikked way but who-so hadde a gyde' (B. vi. I). The Toronto Medieval Bibliographies are meant to be such guides; each title is prepared by an expert and gives directions to important work in the subject. Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 3, University of California, Los Angeles (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969) vi / Editor's Preface Each volume gives a list of works selected with three specific aims. One is to aid students who are relatively new to the area of study, for example Medieval Celtic Literature. Another is to guide more advanced readers in a subject where they have had little formal training, for example Medieval Rhetoric or Latin Palaeography; and the third is to assist new libraries in forming a basic collection in the subject presented. Individual compilers are given scope to organize a presentation that they judge will best suit their subject and also to make brief critical comments as they think fit. Clarity and usefulness of a volume are preferred over any demand for exact uniformity from one volume to another. Toronto, September 1984 JL Contents Editor's Preface v Abbreviations x Author's Preface xi SCHOLARLY SETTING Bibliographies 3, Periodicals 5, Miscellanies 8 History of Scholarship 12, Surveys 17, Manuals 19 Facsimiles: Series 23, General Collections 61 CULTURAL SETTING Writing in General 67 Greek and Other Writing 70 Latin Writing (and Vernacular Derivatives) 74: Period of Roman Culture 76 Period of Monastic Culture (ca. A. D. 500-1200) 87: General Studies 88 Pre-Carolingian 90: Insular: Hiberno-Insular 91, Welsh and Breton Scriptoria 104, Anglo-Insular 105 Visigothic 115 Near East 120 Italy: chiefly North 120, South (chiefly Beneventan) 126 Austria, Germany, Switzerland 132 France 135 Carolingian and After 140: France, Belgium 146 Austria, Germany, Switzerland 153 Italy 159 England 163 viii / Contents CULTURAL SETTING Latin Writing, cont'd. Period of Scholastico-Mercantile Culture ('Gothic') 170 General Studies 172 Facsimiles (General) 175 Facsimiles and Studies (Various Regions): Austria, Germany, Switzerland 176 Belgium, Holland 178 England, Scotland, Wales 179 France 184 Italy 187 Papal Curia 190 Portugal, Spain 190 Scandinavia 191 Slavonic Areas, Eastern Europe 194 Period of Humanist Culture and Beyond: Humanistic Script 195 Beyond 200 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING Libraries, Archives, Catalogues, Book Trade: Medieval 203 Renaissance and After 214 Modern 219 PHYSICAL SETTING Matter: Papyrus, Parchment, Paper, Tablets 234 Preparation, Tools, Inks 236 Form: Roll and Codex 238 The Codex: Book Production 239 Codicology 241 Format 244 Binding 244 Cataloguing, Dating, Localizing: General Description (Codicography) 246 Dating, Localizing 248 Watermarks 250 Technological Aids 251 Contents / ix HUMAN SETTING Scribal Training, Scribes, Scriptoria 254 Scripts, Hands 258 Copying Techniques, Scribal Ways 263 University Scriveners and Stationers 267 Compendious (Incomplete) Writing: Common Observance 270 Limited Observance 276 Ornamentation, Painting 279 TEXTUAL SETTING Transmission and Tradition: General 287 Classical Texts 289 Biblical, Patristic, and Liturgical Texts 292 Medieval Texts 293 Identifying Texts and Fragments 294 Assessing a Textual Tradition 298 Establishing a Textual Tradition 301 Establishing and Editing a Text: General 308 Copyists, Contamination, Corruption 309 Diplomatic Edition 311 Diplomatic Texts 311 Scholastic Texts 312 Vernacular 314 Printing an Edited Text 314 RESEARCH SETTING Latin Language 318 Literary, Liturgical, Legal, Theological Aids 321 Historical Sources and Aids 325 Chronology 326 Topography 327 Diplomatics, Other Disciplines 328 Varia 333 Index locorum, nominum, rerum 334 Index codicum 392
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