Between Manuscript and Print: Transcultural Perspectives, ca. 1400–1800

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Between Manuscript and Print

Transcultural Perspectives, ca. 1400–1800

Edited by: Sylvia Brockstieger and Paul Schweitzer-Martin
In collaboration with: Rebecca Hirt , Radu Leca and Samuel Sugerman

Volume 40 in the series Materiale Textkulturen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111242699

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A cross-cultural, comparative view on the transition from a predominant ‘culture of handwriting’ to a predominant ‘culture of print’ in the late medieval and early modern periods is provided here, combining research on Christian and Jewish European book culture with findings on East Asian manuscript and print culture. This approach highlights interactions and interdependencies instead of retracing a linear process from the manuscript book to its printed successor.
While each chapter is written as a disciplinary study focused on one specific case from the respective field, the volume as a whole allows for transcultural perspectives. It thereby not only focusses on change, but also on simultaneities of manuscript and printing practices as well as on shifts in the perception of media, writing surfaces, and materials: Which values did writers, printers, and readers attribute to the handwritten and printed materials? For which types of texts was handwriting preferred or perceived as suitable? How and under which circumstances could handwritten and printed texts coexist, even within the same document, and which epistemic dynamics emerged from such textual assemblages?

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Sylvia Brockstieger, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland; Paul Schweitzer-Martin, LMU Munich, Munich, Deutschland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Sylvia Brockstieger and Schweitzer Martin Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Bibliography Publicly Available Download PDF	VIII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Between Manuscript and Print — Introduction Sylvia Brockstieger and Paul Schweitzer-Martin Open Access Download PDF	1
The Risk to Print History in the Late 15th Century. Johann Koelhoff’s Chronicle Project in 1499 Carla Meyer-Schlenkrich and Paul Schweitzer-Martin Open Access Download PDF	9
Medial Translations and Material Manifestations. The Fasciculus Medicinae in Physician-Patient Interaction Pia Eckhart Open Access Download PDF	43
A Good Book is an Old Book? Hebrew Manuscripts and Prints in 16th-Century Christian Book Collections Ilona Steimann Open Access Download PDF	89
Title Pages in Icelandic Post-Medieval Manuscripts and Books Silvia Hufnagel Open Access Download PDF	111
Behaving like Print. On the Graphic and Performative Adaptation of Printed Letters in Early Modern Handwriting Joana van de Löcht Open Access Download PDF	139
‘Bilderfahrzeug’ of the Rosicrucians. Daniel Mögling’s Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum (1618) in Print and Manuscript Uwe Maximilian Korn Open Access Download PDF	159
Takahiro Sasaki Manuscript Features of Early Japanese Movable Type Books. On the Intersection of Eastern and Western Typesetting Techniques Sasaki Takahiro Open Access Download PDF	187
The Media Trajectory of Kano Naganobu’s Merrymaking under Cherry and Aronia Blossoms Radu Leca Open Access Download PDF	209
Notes on Contributors Open Access Download PDF	233
Index of Names and Locations Open Access Download PDF	235

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Book-, art-, and literature historians, librarians
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 238
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
- Coloured Illustrations: 28
- Line drawings: 2
- Coloured Line drawings: 1
- Tables: 5
Keywords: Materiality; history of writing; letterpress printing; change of medium

eBook

Published: July 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111242699

Hardcover

Published: July 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111242309