The Annotated Book in the Early Middle Ages: Practices of Reading and Writing ed. by Mariken Teeuwen and Irene van Renswoude
Christine E. Bachman
Reviewed by: The Annotated Book in the Early Middle Ages: Practices of Reading and Writing ed. by Mariken Teeuwen Irene van Renswoude Christine E. Bachman KEY WORDS Manuscript studies, annotation, textual transmission, early medieval, reception Renswoude, eds. Writing. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. 795 pp, 41 black white illustrations. €140. ISBN: 978-2-503-56948-2. This substantial contribution represents a major outcome multi-year multifaceted Marginal Scholarship project. project, headed Universiteit Utrecht Huygens ING, ran from 2011 to 2016. project team sought compile evidence for marginal annotations manuscripts Ages (defined as ca. 800–ca. 1000) also promote topic inquiry. current volume brings together twenty-five papers originally presented at conference organized part held Hague June 2015. An introduction editors an epilogue David Ganz frame these papers. full list contents is available http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503569482-1. guiding principle—that contain wealth how were written, read, interpreted within intellectual environment Ages—builds on pioneering work earlier scholars, most importantly Ganz's monastery Corbie John Contreni's Cathedral School Laon. Moreover, this publication alongside project's online Database (https://database.marginalscholarship.nl/) shows recent mass digitization development sophisticated databases analytical tools provide opportunities assess larger bodies incorporate that into projects using innovative approaches drawn variety disciplines. thus contends with themes have long been central field, while presenting new methods address those questions advance study medieval manuscripts. [End Page 429] richness studies included make it indispensable resource anyone confronting education, reading practices, manuscript use. essays are divided four thematic sections. first section, "Scholars Their Books: Methods Annotating," contains five explore systems used both individual scholars workshops (Vocino, Pezé, Vignodelli), well trends specific temporal geographical contexts (Teeuwen Steinová). In expansive definition practice emerges, one includes page layout, writing text, process research, division labor. emphasis human element annotation welcome crucial understanding choices made when annotating variations anomalies between different or same manuscript. capabilities brought forefront Teeuwen's essay, "Voices Edge: Annotating Books Carolingian Period." not only summarizes technological context out which database grew, but describes data contained might be generate profiles in, example, centers genres texts. second "Textual Means Annotation," seven analyze active editing interpreting text. can occur through creation editions texts (Cinato Kwakkel), use lacunae (Stover), shorthand letters, symbols, abbreviations (Schiegg, Hellmann, Nievergelt, Cevolini). complex dynamic relationship their ancient late antique predecessors significant theme comes authors' analyses annotations. importance again highlighted Markus Schiegg's "Source Marks Scholia: Evidence Medieval Gospel Manuscript." Digital allow Schiegg efficiently systematically search...
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