Medieval manuscripts and their provenance: essays in honour of Barbara A. Shailor

Abstract

"The essays collected here celebrate the work of Barbara Shailor, the distinguished scholar of medieval manuscripts. They explore various aspects of their provenance. The subjects addressed range from studies of the history of individual manuscripts, to the evidence afforded by the understanding of their textual traditions, to the significance of the identification of fragments, to the roles of individual scholars and collectors. As a whole the volume contributes to a wider understanding of how the history and ownership of medieval manuscripts can be fruitfully examined, a flourishing area of interest in the field."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Barbara Ann Shailor / A. S. G. Edwards -- The publications of Barbara A. Shailor / A. S. G. Edwards -- Introduction / A. S. G. Edwards -- Text and provenance: the early transmission of Richard Rolle's Melos amoris / Andrew Kraebel -- Charles V, king of France, and Humfrey, duke of Gloucester / Christopher de Hamel -- Kissing the paten / Roger S. Wieck -- The new chronicles of England and France in New England / Julia Boffey -- F. J. Furnivall and the macro manuscript / Michael P. Kuczynski -- Fragmentation and fragmentology: a century of Ege studies / Lisa Fagin Davis -- Mark Lansburgh: collector and seller of medieval manuscripts / Consuelo Dutschke -- Medieval manuscripts owned by Edward Duff Balken of Pittsburgh / William P. Stoneman -- H. Harvey Frost's collecting of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and the 1931 Quaritch illuminated manuscripts catalogue / A. S. G. Edwards.