Manuscript and print in London c.1475-1530

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Z8.G72 L62 2012
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Summary

What perceptions did people have of printed material after its introduction into England? How did these perceptions determine their own practices in dealing with books and documents--both as producers and consumers? In Manuscript and Print in London c.1475-1530 , Julia Boffey explores the evolving relationship of Londoners with handwritten manuscripts and printed material after William Caxton's establishment of a printing business at Westminster in 1476. Drawing from a wide range of surviving materials from the period, Boffey approaches textual production from the points of view of readers and writers, investigating the choices they made and shedding light on the different ways that both adapted to the availability of the new technology. Copiously illustrated with images from manuscripts and printed books, this volume will break new ground in the growing area of scholarship on print culture and the history of the book.

Contents

  • Acknowledgements p. vii
  • Note on conventions p. ix
  • Abbreviations p. xi
  • List of colour plates p. xv
  • List of figures p. xvii
  • Introduction p. 1
  • Colour plates p. 10
  • Chapter 1 London booths, in manuscript and print, c. 1500 p. 11
  • Introduction: two London books p. 11
  • Books made and books used in London p. 17
  • London texts and London authors p. 28
  • Textual transmission: within, into, and out of London p. 33
  • Afterlives p. 41
  • Chapter 2 Manuscript and print in combination p. 45
  • Introduction: some arbitrary assemblages p. 45
  • Manuscripts and printers p. 46
  • Printed books in the hands of scribes and manuscript compilers p. 57
  • Manuscript additions to printed text p. 65
  • Enhancement and decoration p. 70
  • Binding and storage p. 74
  • Hybridity p. 76
  • Chapter 3 London-specific material in manuscript and print p. 81
  • Introduction: manuscript or print? choice of form p. 81
  • London-specific materials p. 85
  • Works relating to ceremonies and public events p. 91
  • The spoken word: sermons and orations p. 98
  • Comic satires p. 105
  • Covert circulation of political satire and commentary p. 112
  • Prison writing, sedition, and heresy p. 119
  • Chapter 4 London readers in a time of change p. 125
  • Introduction p. 125
  • Sources of supply and prices p. 126
  • Books in institutional libraries p. 131
  • Reading in London's religious houses: the London Charterhouse p. 137
  • Women readers and printed books: Syon and the Minoresses p. 140
  • Company networks: Caxton and fellow-mercers p. 148
  • Some London drapers and their books p. 151
  • Chapter 5 Robert Fabyan: reading and compiling in manuscript and print p. 162
  • Introduction: Fabyan's life p. 162
  • Two chronicles: compilation and copying p. 164
  • Fabyan's reading p. 172
  • The further circulation of the 'concordance of stories' p. 178
  • Pynson s edition of the 'New Chronicles' and the manuscript copies p. 186
  • New features in the printed 'New Chronicles' p. 192
  • Was Fabyan involved in the printed edition? p. 196
  • Fabyan's textual afterlife p. 198
  • Afterword p. 205
  • Bibliography p. 208
  • Index of manuscripts p. 235
  • Index of printed books p. 237
  • General index p. 240

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