Medieval Texts in Context [Paperback]

1. Introduction Graham D Caie and Denis Renevey  2. The Manuscript Experience: What Medieval Vernacular Manuscripts Tell Us About Authors and Texts Graham D. Caie  3. Aspects of Mise-en-Page in Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible Matti Peikola  4.Harley 3954 and the Audience of Piers Plowman Simon Horobin  5.Cy ensuent trois chaunceons: Groups and Sequences of Middle English Lyrics Julia Boffey  6.Sir John Fastolfs French Books Richard Beadle  7.Journeyman Manuscript Production and Lay Piety: The Hopton Hall Manuscript A.S. G. Edwards  8.Contexts and Comments: the Chastising of Gods Children and the Mirror of Simple Souls in MS Bodley 505 Marleen Cr?  9. The Haunted Text: Reflections in The Mirror to Deuout People Vincent Gillespie  10.Some North Yorkshire Scribes and Their Context Ralph Hanna  11.Looking for a Context: Rolle, Anchoritic Culture, and the Office of the Dead Denis Renevey 12. Issues of linguistic categorisation in the evolution of written Middle English Jeremy J. Smith  List of Manuscripts  Bibliography  Notes on Contributors  Index

This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in their manuscript context. Each contribution provides groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual culture, demonstrating the various interconnections between medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors work aids reconstruction of the periods writing practices, as contextual factors surrounding the texts provide clues to the manuscript experience. Topics such as scribal practice and textual providence, glosses, rubrics, page lay-out, and even page ruling, are addressed in a manner illustrative and suggestive of textulÓX