Crafting knowledge in the early medieval book: practices of collecting and concealing in the Latin West

"Collection and concealment were hallmarks of early medieval book culture. Materials of all kinds were collected, collated, concealed, condensed, correlated, paraphrased, reorganised, and repurposed in early medieval manuscripts. This volume of essays explores how knowledge was made in the earl...

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Weitere Verfasser: O'Sullivan, Sinéad (HerausgeberIn), Arthur, Ciaran (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Turnhout, Belgium Brepols [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin 16
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Zusammenfassung:"Collection and concealment were hallmarks of early medieval book culture. Materials of all kinds were collected, collated, concealed, condensed, correlated, paraphrased, reorganised, and repurposed in early medieval manuscripts. This volume of essays explores how knowledge was made in the early medieval book in the Latin West through two interrelated practices: collecting and concealing. It provides case studies across cultures and areas (e.g. exegesis, glossography, history, lexicography, literature, poetry, vernacular and Latin learning). 0'Collectio' underpinned scholarly productions from miscellanies to vademecums. It was at the heart of major enterprises such as the creation of commentaries, encyclopaedic compendia, glosses, glossaries, 'glossae collectae', and word lists. As a scholarly practice, 'collectio' accords with the construction of inventories of inherited materials, the ruminative imperative of early medieval exegesis, and a kind of reading that required concentration. 0Concealment likewise played a key role in early medieval book culture. Obscuration was in line with well-known interpretative practices aimed at rendering knowledge less than immediate. 00This volume explores the practices of obscuring that predate the twelfth-century predilection, long recognised by historians, for reading that penetrates beneath the "covering" ('integumentum', 'involucrum') to reveal the hidden truth. Cumulatively, the papers spotlight the currency of two crucial practices in early medieval book culture - the practices of collection and concealment. They demonstrate that early medieval authors, artists, compilers, commentators, and scribes were conspicuous collectors and concealers of knowledge."
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ISBN:9782503602486
DOI:10.1484/M.PJML-EB.5.131627

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