| Nota Bene: Making Digital Marks on Medieval Manuscripts Contributor(s): Nichols, Stephen G. (Other), Mahoney-Steel, Tamsyn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433131382 ISBN-13: 9781433131387 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $104.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Foreign Language Study | Greek (modern) - Foreign Language Study | Italian |
| Dewey: 809.020 |
| LCCN: 2017038875 |
| Series: Medieval Interventions |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.75 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We stand at the cusp of an exciting moment in digital medieval studies. The advent of ubiquitously available digitized manuscripts alongside platforms that host encoded medieval texts has democratized access to the cultural heritage of the Middle Ages, and gives us the potential for greater understanding of that era. Seen through the lens of late medieval French literature, in particular the Roman de la Rose and the works of Guillaume de Machaut, this book exhorts us to be optimistic about what we can achieve. Challenging the pessimism inherent in views that see our historical situatedness as a barrier to truly understanding the medieval era, Tamsyn Mahoney-Steel argues that digital networks of manuscript images, texts, and annotations, can not only aid us in comprehending medieval literary culture, but are, in fact, complementary to medieval modes of thought and manner in which manuscripts transmitted ideas. Using her teaching of Guillaume de Machaut and her work with the Roman de la Rose Digital Library, Mahoney-Steel envisages a future in which the digital humanities can enable us to build transhistorical relationships with our medieval objects of study. |
