Reading and Shaping Medieval Cartularies: Multi-Scribe Manuscripts and Their Patterns of Growth. a Study of the Earliest Cartularies of Glasgow Cathed

by Joanna Tucker

Book Overview

Medieval cartularies are one of the most significant sources for a historian of the Middle Ages. Once viewed as simply repositories of charters, cartularies are now regarded as carefully curated collections of texts whose contents and arrangement reflect the immediate concerns and archival environment of the communities that created them. One feature of the cartulary in particular that has not been studied so fully is its materiality: the fact...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783274786
• ISBN13: 9781783274789
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"