The Meaning of Media: Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2021

The Meaning of Media

Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia

Edited by: Anna Catharina Horn and Karl G. Johansson

Volume 1 in the series Modes of Modification

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110695366

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The book highlights aspects of mediality and materiality in the dissemination and distribution of texts in the Scandinavian Middle Ages important for achieving a general understanding of the emerging literate culture. In nine chapters various types of texts represented in different media and in a range of materials are treated. The topics include two chapters on epigraphy, on lead amulets and stone monuments inscribed with runes and Roman letters. In four chapters aspects of the manuscript culture is discussed, the role of authorship and of the dissemination of Christian topics in translations. The appropriation of a Latin book culture in the vernaculars is treated as well as the adminstrative use of writing in charters. In the two final chapters topics related to the emerging print culture in early post-medieval manuscripts and prints are discussed with a focus on reception. The range of topics will make the book relevant for scholars from all fields of medieval research as well as those interested in mediality and materiality in general.

Author / Editor information

Anna Catharina Horn and Karl G. Johansson, University of Oslo.

Reviews

"Die versammelten Aufsätze zeichnen sich durch innovative Zugriffe verbunden
mit wissenschaftlicher Qualität aus und zeigen in der Gesamtschau das komplexe
mediale und textuelle Netzwerk auf, in dem sich die skandinavische Textkultur immer
wieder neu formierte. Weiteren Bänden dieser vielversprechenden neuen Reihe
kann mit Erwartung entgegengesehen werden." Lena Rohrbach in: Historische Zeitschrift, 2022

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Some Reflections on Writing a New History of Texts for the Scandinavian Middle Ages Anna Catharina Horn and Karl G. Johansson Open Access Download PDF	1
Lumps of Lead – New Types of Written Sources from Medieval Denmark Lisbeth M. Imer Open Access Download PDF	19
At the Crossroads between Script Cultures The Runic and Latin Epigraphic Areas of Västergötland Anna Blennow and Alessandro Palumbo Open Access Download PDF	39
The Emergence of an Authorial Culture: Publishing in Denmark in the Long Twelfth Century Samu Niskanen Open Access Download PDF	71
A Reading of the Canons of Laon Story Hjalti Snær Ægisson Open Access Download PDF	93
Oceanic Networks Literary Production, Transmission, and Mediation across the North Sif Rikhardsdottir Open Access Download PDF	103
The Language of Legitimacy On the Vocality and Visuality of Old Swedish Vidimus Charters Ingela Hedström Open Access Download PDF	125
The Danish Translation of Amadís de Gaula in the Thott Collection in the Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen A Novel of Chivalry in Denmark Anna Katharina Richter Open Access Download PDF	157
From Schedæ Ara Prests Fróða to Íslendingabók – When an Intradiegetic Text Becomes Reality Lukas Rösli Open Access Download PDF	173
Personal name Index Open Access Download PDF	215
Work Index Open Access Download PDF	219
Manuscript Index Open Access Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Medievalists, scholars of medieval manuscript culture and literacy
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 222
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
- Coloured Illustrations: 53
- Tables: 3
Keywords: Manuscripts; mediality; materiality; runes

eBook

Published: May 10, 2021
ISBN: 9783110695366

Hardcover

Published: May 10, 2021
ISBN: 9783110694970