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Texts in transit : manuscript to proof and print in the fifteenth century.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of the Written Word - The Handpress WorldPublication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (466 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004279001
  • 9004279008
  • 9004277161
  • 9789004277168
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Texts in Transit : Manuscript to Proof and Print in the Fifteenth Century.DDC classification:
  • 686.209409024
LOC classification:
  • Z126 .H48 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Press and Text in the First Decades of Printing; Chapter 2. The Text in the Printing House: Printer's Copy; Chapter 3. List of Printer's Copy Used in the Fifteenth Century; Chapter 4. Proofreading and Printing in Mainz in 1459; Chapter 5. Augustinus, De civitate Dei, Printed at Subiaco in 1467; Chapter 6. Poggio's Facetiae in Print; Chapter 7. Poggio Bracciolini's Historia fiorentina in Manuscript and Print; Chapter 8. The First Book Printed in Oxford.
Chapter 9. Two Editors, Three Printers: M.T. Cicero, Orationes Printed in Venice, 1471-1480Chapter 10. From Poggio to Caxton: Early Translations of Some of Poggio's Latin Facetiae; Chapter 11. The Travels of Marco Polo and Gheraert Leeu; Chapter 12. The History of Jason: From Manuscripts for the Burgundian Court to Printed Books for Readers in the Towns of Holland; Chapter 13. Nicholas Love's Mirror in Print; Chapter 14. Wynkyn de Worde and The book of St Albans; Chapter 15. William Caxton and the Malory Manuscript; Subject Index: Text in Printing Houses; Index of Manuscripts.
Summary: Texts in Transit addresses the question what happened to texts during their production in printing houses in the fifteenth century. Lotte Hellinga finds some answers by exploring printer's copy and proofs in diverse printing houses, covering the period 1459 -1496.
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Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Press and Text in the First Decades of Printing; Chapter 2. The Text in the Printing House: Printer's Copy; Chapter 3. List of Printer's Copy Used in the Fifteenth Century; Chapter 4. Proofreading and Printing in Mainz in 1459; Chapter 5. Augustinus, De civitate Dei, Printed at Subiaco in 1467; Chapter 6. Poggio's Facetiae in Print; Chapter 7. Poggio Bracciolini's Historia fiorentina in Manuscript and Print; Chapter 8. The First Book Printed in Oxford.

Chapter 9. Two Editors, Three Printers: M.T. Cicero, Orationes Printed in Venice, 1471-1480Chapter 10. From Poggio to Caxton: Early Translations of Some of Poggio's Latin Facetiae; Chapter 11. The Travels of Marco Polo and Gheraert Leeu; Chapter 12. The History of Jason: From Manuscripts for the Burgundian Court to Printed Books for Readers in the Towns of Holland; Chapter 13. Nicholas Love's Mirror in Print; Chapter 14. Wynkyn de Worde and The book of St Albans; Chapter 15. William Caxton and the Malory Manuscript; Subject Index: Text in Printing Houses; Index of Manuscripts.

Index of Books Printed Before 1501Alphabetical Index.

Texts in Transit addresses the question what happened to texts during their production in printing houses in the fifteenth century. Lotte Hellinga finds some answers by exploring printer's copy and proofs in diverse printing houses, covering the period 1459 -1496.

English.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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