TY - BOOK ID - 127327303 TI - The Art of Publication from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Century AU - Niskanen, Samu AU - Rovere, Valentina AU - Brepols PY - 2023 SN - 2503602967 9782503602967 9782503602974 2503602975 PB - Turnhout Brepols DB - UniCat KW - Book history KW - publishing KW - anno 800-1199 KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Transmission of texts KW - Authorship KW - Manuscripts, Medieval KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:127327303 AB - Written transmission relies on the fact of ‘publication,’ the step between the authorial process and reception. But what does ‘publishing’ mean in the context of a manuscript culture, in which books were copied slowly and singly by hand? This is a fundamental question. If one fails to appreciate the act of publication, one’s understanding of any authorial work and its reception from any period will remain defective. The case studies in this volume ask what it meant for medieval and renaissance authors and their associates to publish. The contexts under scrutiny range from England to Italy, from hagiography to literary criticism, and from Carolingian monasteries to renaissance libraries. Medieval publishing remains undiscovered territory in the main. This volume constitutes a first effort towards a long-term narrative, from the ninth to the sixteenth century. ER -