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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Liverpool University Press is pleased to announce the following new publication by distinguished scholar Ralph Hanna: Introducing English Medieval Book History: Manuscripts, their Producers and their Readers Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies Hardback ISBN: 9780859898713, price £70.00 246x173mm, 240pp, 40 illustrations This book offers an introduction to medieval English book-history through a sequence of exemplary analyses of commonplace book-historical problems. Rather than focus on bibliographical particulars, the volume considers a variety of ways in which scholars use manuscripts to discuss book culture, and it provides a wide-ranging introductory bibliography to aid in the study. All the essays try to suggest how the study of surviving medieval books might be useful in considering medieval literary culture more generally. Subjects covered include authorship, genre, discontinuous production, scribal individuality and community, the history of libraries and the history of book provenance. Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Acknowledgements On the reproductions 1. Texts and their books: the case of 'Beowulf' 2. Medieval authors and texts: the Middle English 'Benjamin' Appendix: The manuscripts of 'Benjamin' 3. The history of a book: Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C.285 4. Shared exemplars: British Library, MS Cotton Galba E.ix and its relations 5. Scribal oeuvres: ‘Chaucer’s Scribe’ and his 'Canterbury Tales' 6. A book contract and its ‘set text’: John Forbor’s Psalter Appendix: The Slaithwaite indenture: a transcription, translation and notes 7. Provenances: some medieval libraries Appendix: Selections from medieval booklists John Erghome (OESA of York) Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester The lord Welles Index of maunscripts cited Index of scholars cited Ralph Hanna is Professor Emeritus of Palaeography at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of California, Riverside. He has published on Langland, literary culture and medieval manuscripts, including The English MS of Richard Rolle (Liverpool University Press, 2010). This new book is drawn from lectures given to Oxford first-year graduates over the course of many years. Find further details about this book and order online here<http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/index.php/?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=54&AS1=9780859898713>, or order directly from the Press (contact details below). Liverpool University Press | 4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool L69 7ZU T: +44 (0)151 795 2149 | W: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk<http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/> E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> twitter<https://twitter.com/LivUniPress> | catalogue<http://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/images/stories/documents/lupspring2013.pdf> | ebooks<http://liverpool.universitypressscholarship.com/> ‘A beacon of independent academic publishing’ IPG Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year Award Judges, 2013 This message is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it by mistake, please notify the sender. Any attachment has been virus-checked, but no responsibility is accepted for any virus unintentionally transmitted. The contents of this email are not legally binding. Liverpool University Press 2004 Limited, Company Number 05113671, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Liverpool ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion