Textual Situations: Three Medieval Manuscripts and Their Readers

by James Andrew Taylor

Generations of scholars have meditated upon the literary devices and cultural meanings of The Song of Roland. But according to Andrew Taylor not enough attention has been given to the physical context of the manuscript itself. The original copy of The Song of Roland is actually bound with a Latin translation of the Timaeus.

Textual Situations looks at this bound volume along with two other similarly bound medieval...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812236424
• ISBN13: 9780812236422
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"