Designing English - Daniel Wakelin

Designing English

Early Literature on the Page

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2017
Bodleian Library (Verlag)
978-1-85124-475-1 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
'Designing English' is an overview of eight centuries of graphic design in manuscripts and inscriptions from the Anglo-Saxon to the early Tudor periods. With over ninety illustrations, drawn from the holdings of the Bodleian Library, this book gives a comprehensive overview of English books and other material texts across the Middle Ages.
Early manuscripts in the English language include religious works, plays, romances, poetry and songs, as well as charms, notebooks, science and medieval medicine. How did scribes choose to arrange the words and images on the page in each manuscript? How did they preserve, clarify and illustrate writing in English? What visual guides were given to early readers of English in how to understand or use their books?



'Designing English' is an overview of eight centuries of graphic design in manuscripts and inscriptions from the Anglo-Saxon to the early Tudor periods. Working beyond the traditions established for Latin, scribes of English needed to be more inventive, so that each book was an opportunity for redesigning. 'Designing English' focuses on the craft, agency and intentions of scribes, painters and engravers in the practical processes of making pages and artefacts. It weighs up the balance of ingenuity and copying, practicality and imagination in their work. It surveys bilingual books, format, ordinatio, decoration and reading aloud, as well as inscriptions on objects, monuments and buildings.



With over ninety illustrations, drawn especially from the holdings of the Bodleian Library in Old English and Middle English, 'Designing English' gives a comprehensive overview of English books and other material texts across the Middle Ages.

Daniel Wakelin is Jeremy Griffiths Professor of Medieval English Palaeography in the Faculty of English, University of Oxford.

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements



Introduction

1Making Space for English

2Making Pages

3Pages for Reading

4Decorating Pages

5Pages for Voicing

6English in Space



Further Reading

Quotations and References

Notes

Picture Credits

Index of Manuscripts

General Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 92 Illustrations, color
Sprache englisch
Maße 237 x 259 mm
Gewicht 1380 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Grafik / Design
ISBN-10 1-85124-475-1 / 1851244751
ISBN-13 978-1-85124-475-1 / 9781851244751
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