Makers And Users Of Medieval Books Essays In Honour Of A.S.G. Edards [Hardcover]

Late medieval manuscripts and early modern print history form the focus of this volume. It includes new work on the compilation of some important medieval manuscript miscellanies and major studies of merchant patronage and of a newly revealed woman patron, alongside explorations of medieval texts and the post-medieval reception history of Langland, Chaucer and Nicholas Love. It thus pays a fitting tribute to the career of Professor A.S.G. Edwards, highlighting his scholarly interests and demonstrating the influence of his achievements. Carol M. Meale is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol; Derek Pearsall is Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and Honorary Research Professor at the University of York. Contributors: Nicolas Barker, J.A. Burrow, A.I. Doyle, Martha W. Driver, Susanna Fein, Jane Griffiths, Lotte Hellinga, Alfred Hiatt, Simon Horobin, Richard Linenthal, Carol M. Meale, Orietta Da Rold, John Scattergood, Kathleen L. Scott, Toshiyuki Takamiya, John J. Thompson.Essays exploring different aspects of late medieval and early modern manuscript and book culture.ForewordWinning and Wasting in Wynnere and Wastoure and Piers Plowman - John A. BurrowThe Reference Work in the Fifteenth Century: John Whethamstede's Granarium - Alfred HiattPageants Reconsidered - Martha W. DriverCodicology, Localization and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 108 - Orietta Da RoldThe Fillers of the Auchinleck Manuscript and the Literary Culture of the West Midlands - Susanna FeinTanner 190 Revisited - Nicolas BarkerEarly Printed Continental Books owned in England: Some Examples in the Takamiya Collection - Toshiyuki Takamiya and Richard LinenthalThe Two Issues of More's Book against Luther - A I DoyleTrinity College MS 516: A Clerical Historian's Personal Miscellany - John ScattergoodKatherine de la Pole and East Anglian Manuscript Production in the Fifteenth Century: An Unrecognized Patron? - Carol MealePast Ownership: Evidence of Book Ownership by English MerlC