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- Condition
- Features
- Illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780393285031
- Book Title
- Role of the Scroll : an Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Design, History
- Topic
- Book, Europe / Medieval
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Item Weight
- 23.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex--or book--became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls? In The Role of the Scroll, music professor and historian Thomas Forrest Kelly brings to life the most interesting scrolls in medieval history, placing them in the context of those who made, commissioned, and used them, and reveals their remarkably varied uses. Scrolls were the best way to keep ever-expanding lists, for example, those of debtors, knights, and the dead, the names of whom were added to existing rolls of parchment through the process of "enrollment." While useful for keeping public records, scrolls could also be extremely private. Forgetful stage performers relied on them to recall their lines--indeed, "role" comes from the French word for scroll--and those looking for luck carried either blessings or magic spells, depending on their personal beliefs. Finally, scrolls could convey ceremonial importance, a purpose that lives on with academic diplomas. In these colorful pages, Kelly explores the scroll's incredible diversity and invites us to examine showy court documents for empresses and tiny amulets for pregnant women. A recipe for turning everyday metal into gold offers a glimpse into medieval alchemy, and a log of gifts for Queen Elizabeth I showcases royal flattery and patronage. Climb William the Conqueror's family tree and take a journey to the Holy Land using a pilgrimage map marked with such obligatory destinations as Jaffa, where Peter resurrected Tabitha, and Ramada, the city of Saint Joseph's birth. A lively and accessible guide, The Role of the Scroll is essential reading--and viewing--for anyone interested in how people keep record of life through the ages.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393285030
ISBN-13
9780393285031
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038306587
Product Key Features
Book Title
Role of the Scroll : an Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Book, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, History
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Z110.S37k45 2019
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In this beautifully and copiously illustrated volume, readers will be introduced to medieval scrolls magical and medical, genealogical and historical, alchemical and astronomical. An important contribution to the history of the book and will be a delightful read for any--pardon the misnomer--bibliophile., This is a wonderful introduction to the medieval scroll. A thoroughly enjoyable reading with numerous insights on this very popular form and exceptionally illustrated with key examples and explanatory caption., A fascinating and scientifically sound study that will be highly appreciated by a wider audience of students and medieval manuscript lovers., We all supposed that scrolls had more or less died out in the ancient world, to be superseded by the codex. This fascinating book unfolds a parallel universe of manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages. The living fossils from antiquity were actually still there, alive and invisible, in every aspect of medieval book production. They just keep rolling, they keep on rolling along., This handsomely illustrated and lucid study surveys the scroll across centuries and cultures. Fascinating discoveries await the reader on virtually every page. A delight to the eye as much as to the mind., An astonishingly clear and interesting survey of how we used to read and how we read today...a gem of scholarship and of great interest to anyone, and will be the definite work for this dominant medium of reading for years to come.
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2018-046410
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