Reading and shaping medieval cartularies : multi-scribe manuscripts and their patterns of growth : a study of the earliest cartularies of Glasgow Cathedral and Lindores Abbey /: multi-scribe manuscripts and their patterns of growth : a study of the earliest cartularies of Glasgow Cathedral and Lindores Abbey. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joanna Tucker.
• Authors: Tucker, Joanna, 1990-
• Contents: Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Cartulary Studies -- An overview of the field -- What are cartularies? -- Why were cartularies created? -- What was the function of the cartulary? -- Analysis of cartulary manuscripts and their scribes -- Approaches in manuscript studies -- Conclusion -- 2. Analysing a Multi-Scribe Cartulary -- Introduction to Glasgow Cathedral and its archive -- The binding of the Glasgow RV -- The collation of the Glasgow RV Rethinking the identification of scribes and scribal activity -- Dating scribal activity in multi-scribe cartularies -- Applying relative dating to multi-scribe cartularies -- Summary of the methodology -- Conclusion -- 3. The Creation and Growth of the Glasgow RV -- The creation and growth of the Glasgow RV by series -- Summary of the creation and growth of the Glasgow RV -- The institutional setting of the Glasgow RV -- The function of the Glasgow RV -- Conclusion -- 4. The Creation and Growth of Lindores Caprington -- Lindores Abbey and its archive -- The binding of Lindores Caprington The structure of Lindores Caprington: collation and series -- The scribal activity in Lindores Caprington -- The creation and growth of Lindores Caprington by series -- Summary of the creation and growth of Lindores Caprington -- The institutional setting of Lindores Caprington -- The function of Lindores Caprington -- Conclusion -- 5. Understanding the Patterns of Growth in Multi-Scribe Cartularies -- The initial creation of the cartulary manuscripts -- The growth of the cartulary manuscripts -- 'Repeats' in the cartularies -- Why did the cartularies grow? The institutional setting of the cartularies -- Conclusion -- 6. Conclusion -- The new methodology for multi-scribe cartulary manuscripts -- Cartulary scholarship and the 'genre' of cartularies -- Directions for the future -- Reading medieval cartularies -- Appendix: Contents of the two cartularies by 'series' -- Editorial principles -- The contents of the Glasgow RV by series -- The contents of Lindores Caprington by series -- Bibliography -- Index
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages, 8 unpaginated pages of colour plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 091.09411; Cartularies; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Paleography, Latin; Codicology; Cartulaires; Manuscrits médiévaux; Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes; Paléographie latine; Codicologie; cartularies; HISTORY -- Medieval; Cartularies; Codicology; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Manuscripts, Medieval; Paleography, Latin; Electronic books; Archives; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787446663; 1787446662
• Related ISBNs: 9781783274789; 1783274786
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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