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"The transition from roll to codex as the standard format of the book is one of the most culturally significant innovations of Late Antiquity. The Codex and Crafts in Late Antiquity examines surviving evidence in order to better understand how this transition took place. Placing the codex into the general cultural, religious, and technological context of Late Antiquity, the book examines the major types of codices--the wooden tablet codex, the single-quire codex and the multi-quire codex--in all their structural, technical, and decorative features. Georgios Boudalis argues that the codex was not an ingenious invention but rather an innovation that evolved using techniques already widely employed by artisans and craftspeople in the creation of everyday items such as socks, shoes, and baskets, revealing that the codex was a fascinating, yet practical, development"--

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The 'long twelfth century' (1075-1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided into three sections: the technical aspects of making books; the processes and practices of reading and keeping books; and the transmission of texts in the disciplines that saw significant change in the period, including medicine, law, philosophy, liturgy, and theology. Richly illustrated, the volume provides the first in-depth account of book production as a European phenomenon.

091 "10/12" --- 091.14 --- 091:028 --- 091:028 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Lezen. Lectuur --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Lezen. Lectuur --- 091.14 Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--11e/13e eeuw. Periode 1000-1299. --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--11e/13e eeuw. Periode 1000-1299 --- Book history --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1200-1299 --- anno 1000-1099 --- Europe --- Boekgeschiedenis --- boekgeschiedenis --- Europa --- book history --- Manuscripts, European --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Books --- Books and reading --- Civilization, Medieval --- History --- History. --- Twelfth century --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Medieval manuscripts --- Manuscripts --- European manuscripts

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Almost half a million books printed in the fifteenth century survive in collections worldwide. In Incunabula in Transit Lotte Hellinga explores how and where they were first disseminated. Propelled by the novel need to market hundreds of books, early printers formed networks with colleagues, engaged agents and traded Latin books over long distances. They adapted presentation to suit the taste of distinct readerships, local and remote. Publishing in vernacular languages required typographical innovations, as the chapter on William Caxton’s Flanders enterprise demonstrates. Eighteenth-century collectors dislodged books from institutions where they had rested since the sales drives of early printers. Erudite and entertaining, Hellinga’s evidence-based approach, linked to historical context, deepens understanding of the trade in early printed books.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce. --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General. --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Sales & Selling / General. --- Incunabula. --- 1400-1799. --- incunabula --- 093:339 --- 655.42 --- 655.26 Soorten zetwerk. Lay-out. Typografische vormgeving --- 655.26 Typography. Graphic design. Kinds of text (material to be set) --- Typography. Graphic design. Kinds of text (material to be set) --- 655.42 Boekhandel--algemeen --- 655.42 Bookselling in general. Selling of publications. General, antiquarian and wholesale bookselling --- Boekhandel--algemeen --- Bookselling in general. Selling of publications. General, antiquarian and wholesale bookselling --- Incunabelen. Incunabelkunde-:-Handel. --- Incunabelen. Incunabelkunde-:-Handel --- Book history --- anno 1400-1499 --- 655.26 --- Soorten zetwerk. Lay-out. Typografische vormgeving --- Book industries and trade --- Book industries and trade. --- Books --- Books. --- History --- Europe. --- bookselling --- Early printed books --- Incunabula --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- 1400-1799 --- Cradle books (Early printed books) --- Incunables --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- incunabula [books]

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This book is the first to date to be dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patronage on the production of books, the formation and management of libraries in religious institutions, their size and their physical setting. It documents the significance of private collections and their interaction with institutional libraries and the role of charitable endowments (waqf) in the life of libraries. The market as a venue of intellectual and commercial exchanges and a production centre is explored with references to prices and fees. The social and professional background of scribes and calligraphers occupies a major place in this study, which also documents the chain of master-calligraphers over the entire Mamluk period. For her study the author relies on biographical dictionaries, chronicles, waqf documents and manuscripts.

Books --- Libraries --- Scribes --- Calligraphers --- History --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Penmen --- Artists --- Copyists --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Boekgeschiedenis --- Islam --- Handschriften. Epigrafie. Paleografie --- boekgeschiedenis --- kopiisten [schrijvers] --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Syrië --- Egypte --- E-books --- History. --- 094 =9 --- 094 <56> --- 094 <6> --- 094 <6> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Afrika --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Afrika --- 094 <56> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Levant --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Levant --- 094 =9 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Book history --- Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- book history --- scribes [people] --- Syria --- Egypt --- Books. --- Calligraphers. --- Libraries. --- Scribes. --- 400-1600 --- Egypt. --- Syria. --- Books - Egypt - History - 400-1450 --- Books - Egypt - History - 1450-1600 --- Books - Syria - History - 400-1450 --- Books - Syria - History - 1450-1600 --- Libraries - Egypt - History - 400-1400 --- Libraries - Egypt - History - 1400-1600 --- Libraries - Syria - History - 400-1400 --- Libraries - Syria - History - 1400-1600 --- Scribes - Egypt - History --- Scribes - Syria - History --- Calligraphers - Egypt - History --- Calligraphers - Syria - History