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Latin Literatures of Medieval and Early Modern Times in Europe and Beyond: A millennium heritage
Edited by Francesco Stella
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages XXXIV] 2024
► pp. 363–375

Chapter 23
Latin manuscripts as multimedia communication tools

| Univerzita KarlovaPraha
Overviewing their individual features, the study presents medieval manuscripts as complex communication devices and social and cultural phenomena deserving further study outside the technical context of paleography and codicology.
Keywords: Latin, medieval manuscripts, paleography, codicology, colophons, illumination, paratext, multimedia
Article outline
  • Production
  • The text
  • The script
  • Orientation in the text
  • Illumination
  • Colophons
  • Reception
  • Readers: Marginalia, glosses, additions
  • Owners: Shelf marks and ownership notes
  • Events
  • References
Published online: 2 July 2024
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