Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche

In the specific field of book design, as well as for many other aspects of Medieval Greek and Latin book production, the lack of written sources and the various problems posed by their interpretation make it very difficult to define and understand the choices of book artisans and scribes. Our knowle...

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Main Author: Marilena Maniaci
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Firenze University Press 2013-12-01
Series:Scrineum Rivista
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/scrineum/article/view/13693
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spelling doaj-art-9e4c46c1b1174206a3fec05b66d5851f2018-09-17T08:29:40ZitaFirenze University PressScrineum Rivista1128-56562013-12-01101014810.13128/Scrineum-1369311642Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verificheMarilena ManiaciIn the specific field of book design, as well as for many other aspects of Medieval Greek and Latin book production, the lack of written sources and the various problems posed by their interpretation make it very difficult to define and understand the choices of book artisans and scribes. Our knowledge is based on a total of only five layout recipes – four Latin and a single Greek one – very far from each other in time and contents. They assess a few common rules and various key differences and lead to very different page presentations. The contribution aims to compare the standards prescribed by the surviving recipes and the way they are formulated and to test their application to Greek and Latin manuscript book production, commenting on the difficulties posed by their interpretation and proposing some solutions.http://www.fupress.net/index.php/scrineum/article/view/13693Greek medieval manuscriptsLatin medieval manuscriptsLayout rules
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Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche
Scrineum Rivista
Greek medieval manuscripts
Latin medieval manuscripts
Layout rules
author_facet Marilena Maniaci
author_sort Marilena Maniaci
title Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche
title_short Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche
title_full Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche
title_fullStr Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche
title_full_unstemmed Ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. Nuove osservazioni e verifiche
title_sort ricette e canoni di impaginazione del libro medievale. nuove osservazioni e verifiche
publisher Firenze University Press
series Scrineum Rivista
issn 1128-5656
publishDate 2013-12-01
description In the specific field of book design, as well as for many other aspects of Medieval Greek and Latin book production, the lack of written sources and the various problems posed by their interpretation make it very difficult to define and understand the choices of book artisans and scribes. Our knowledge is based on a total of only five layout recipes – four Latin and a single Greek one – very far from each other in time and contents. They assess a few common rules and various key differences and lead to very different page presentations. The contribution aims to compare the standards prescribed by the surviving recipes and the way they are formulated and to test their application to Greek and Latin manuscript book production, commenting on the difficulties posed by their interpretation and proposing some solutions.
topic Greek medieval manuscripts
Latin medieval manuscripts
Layout rules
url http://www.fupress.net/index.php/scrineum/article/view/13693
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