Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? :: dedicating Latin works and motets in the sixteenth century /

During the sixteenth century, the traditional act of dedicating a text took on a new meaning due to the wider dissemination of the printed book. As the dedication and other paratexts thus became an almost indispensable part of the publication, they merit careful examination by those who study the pr...

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Corporate Author: Academia Belgica (Rome, Italy)
Other Authors: Bossuyt, Ignace
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2008.
Series:Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 23.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:During the sixteenth century, the traditional act of dedicating a text took on a new meaning due to the wider dissemination of the printed book. As the dedication and other paratexts thus became an almost indispensable part of the publication, they merit careful examination by those who study the presentation and impact of any printed work in its context. Paratexts bridge the gap between the outside World of the reading public and the enclosed world of the book, and often present biographical information concerning the persons involved in the making of the book. In the present volume, general.
Physical Description:1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789461660541
9461660545
ISSN:0775-1117 ;

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