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Paper Stories – Paper and Book History in Early Modern Europe
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Edited by:
Silvia Hufnagel
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2023
About this book
Open Access
This peer-reviewed conference volume examines paper and material aspects of the written word in early modern Europe. The collection is designed around three thematic strands, based on the lifecycle of handwritten documents and manuscripts and printed books: first, production of paper, second production of books and manuscripts and third, trade and exchange, and ownership of manuscripts and books. By tracing the history of paper, books and collections through case studies of historically important objects, the authors identify agents and hotspots of production, trade and ownership from both centres and peripheries of Europe from the late Middle Ages until the beginning of industrialisation. They thereby address material aspects of documents, manuscripts and books, as well as object biography, from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. By doing so this volume provides insight into actual practices of the past and the material history of written texts.
Author / Editor information
Silvia Hufnagel, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík, Iceland; Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík, Iceland; Davíð Ólafsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Introduction
1 - Production of Paper
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The Rise of Paper
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The Impacts of Paper’s Abundance, 1450–1650
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Regional Characteristics of 16th- and 17th-Century European Printing Paper
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Mechanising Handmade Paper
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Describing and Representing Watermarks
111 - Production of Books and Manuscripts
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Continuity and Change in Bindings and Book-Size
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Travelling Books
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Missale Nidrosiense, 1519
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Frost Fairs and Laki
209 - Trade, Exchange and Ownership
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Agents as a Connection between the Book Markets of Basle, Paris and Lyon in the Period of the Transition from the Middle Ages to Modern Times
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Manuscript Production in 17th-Century Iceland
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Paper Use and Reuse in Early 18th-Century Iceland and Denmark
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A Witch Finderʼs Archive in 17th-Century Iceland
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The Paper Thief, the Headmaster and Comet C/1652 Y1
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Many Pages, Much Ink
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Rough Seas in Tattered Manuscripts
361 - Postscript
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Between the Lines
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Notes on Contributors
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Index of Personal Names
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Appendix: Colour Images
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 27, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9783111162768
Hardcover published on:
April 27, 2023
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111154916
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
6
Main content:
454
Illustrations:
60
Coloured Illustrations:
39
Tables:
5
Keywords for this book
object biography; paper production; watermark analysis; book production and trade
Audience(s) for this book
Historians, book historians, paper historians, print historians, conservators, literary scholars, philologists
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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10785 Berlin
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