Table Of ContentMEDIEVAL LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION
TORONTO MEDIEVAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES 8
General Editor: John Leyerle
Published in Association with
the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
LEONARD E. BOYLE OP
Medieval Latin Palaeography
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
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Boyle, Leonard E., 1923-
Medieval Latin palaeography
(Toronto medieval bibliographies; 8)
"Published in association with the Centre for
Medieval Studies, University of Toronto. "
Includes indexes.
ISBN 0-8020-5612-1 (bound); 0-8020-6558-9 (pbk)
1. Paleography, Latin - Bibliography.
2. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) —
Bibliography. 3. Transmission of texts —
Bibliography. I. University of Toronto. Centre
for Medieval Studies. II. Title. III. Series.
Z106. B69 1984 016. 471'? C84-099547-4
Editor's Preface
The study of the Middle Ages has been developed chiefly within university
departments such as English or History. This pattern is increasingly being
supplemented by an interdisciplinary approach in which the plan of work
is shaped to fit the subject studied. The difference of approach is between
Chaucer the English poet and Chaucer the civil servant of London attached
to the court of Richard II, a man interested in the Ptolemaic universe and
widely read in Latin, French, and Italian. Interdisciplinary programs tend
to lead readers into areas relatively unfamiliar to them where critical biblio-
graphies prepared with careful selectivity by an expert are essential. The
Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto takes such an
interdisciplinary approach to the Middle Ages, and the need for selective
bibliographies has become apparent in our work. The Centre has undertaken
to meet this need by sponsoring the Toronto Medieval Bibliographies.
In his valuable guide, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies* Richard
H. Rouse describes 283 bibliographies; the number is surprisingly large and
indicates the considerable effort now being made to provide inclusive lists
of items relevant to medieval studies. The total amount in print is already
vast; for one unfamiliar with a subject, significant work is difficult to locate
and the problem grows worse with each year's output. The reader may well
say, like the throng in Piers Plowman seeking the way to Treuthe, 'This
were a wikked way but who-so hadde a gyde' (B. vi. I). The Toronto Medieval
Bibliographies are meant to be such guides; each title is prepared by an
expert and gives directions to important work in the subject.
Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 3, University of
California, Los Angeles (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969)
vi / Editor's Preface
Each volume gives a list of works selected with three specific aims. One
is to aid students who are relatively new to the area of study, for example
Medieval Celtic Literature. Another is to guide more advanced readers in a
subject where they have had little formal training, for example Medieval
Rhetoric or Latin Palaeography; and the third is to assist new libraries in
forming a basic collection in the subject presented. Individual compilers
are given scope to organize a presentation that they judge will best suit
their subject and also to make brief critical comments as they think fit.
Clarity and usefulness of a volume are preferred over any demand for exact
uniformity from one volume to another.
Toronto, September 1984
JL
Contents
Editor's Preface v
Abbreviations x
Author's Preface xi
SCHOLARLY SETTING
Bibliographies 3, Periodicals 5, Miscellanies 8
History of Scholarship 12, Surveys 17, Manuals 19
Facsimiles: Series 23, General Collections 61
CULTURAL SETTING
Writing in General 67
Greek and Other Writing 70
Latin Writing (and Vernacular Derivatives) 74:
Period of Roman Culture 76
Period of Monastic Culture (ca. A. D. 500-1200) 87:
General Studies 88
Pre-Carolingian 90:
Insular: Hiberno-Insular 91, Welsh and Breton Scriptoria 104,
Anglo-Insular 105
Visigothic 115
Near East 120
Italy: chiefly North 120, South (chiefly Beneventan) 126
Austria, Germany, Switzerland 132
France 135
Carolingian and After 140:
France, Belgium 146
Austria, Germany, Switzerland 153
Italy 159
England 163
viii / Contents
CULTURAL SETTING
Latin Writing, cont'd.
Period of Scholastico-Mercantile Culture ('Gothic') 170
General Studies 172
Facsimiles (General) 175
Facsimiles and Studies (Various Regions):
Austria, Germany, Switzerland 176
Belgium, Holland 178
England, Scotland, Wales 179
France 184
Italy 187
Papal Curia 190
Portugal, Spain 190
Scandinavia 191
Slavonic Areas, Eastern Europe 194
Period of Humanist Culture and Beyond:
Humanistic Script 195
Beyond 200
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
Libraries, Archives, Catalogues, Book Trade:
Medieval 203
Renaissance and After 214
Modern 219
PHYSICAL SETTING
Matter:
Papyrus, Parchment, Paper, Tablets 234
Preparation, Tools, Inks 236
Form:
Roll and Codex 238
The Codex:
Book Production 239
Codicology 241
Format 244
Binding 244
Cataloguing, Dating, Localizing:
General Description (Codicography) 246
Dating, Localizing 248
Watermarks 250
Technological Aids 251
Contents / ix
HUMAN SETTING
Scribal Training, Scribes, Scriptoria 254
Scripts, Hands 258
Copying Techniques, Scribal Ways 263
University Scriveners and Stationers 267
Compendious (Incomplete) Writing:
Common Observance 270
Limited Observance 276
Ornamentation, Painting 279
TEXTUAL SETTING
Transmission and Tradition:
General 287
Classical Texts 289
Biblical, Patristic, and Liturgical Texts 292
Medieval Texts 293
Identifying Texts and Fragments 294
Assessing a Textual Tradition 298
Establishing a Textual Tradition 301
Establishing and Editing a Text:
General 308
Copyists, Contamination, Corruption 309
Diplomatic Edition 311
Diplomatic Texts 311
Scholastic Texts 312
Vernacular 314
Printing an Edited Text 314
RESEARCH SETTING
Latin Language 318
Literary, Liturgical, Legal, Theological Aids 321
Historical Sources and Aids 325
Chronology 326
Topography 327
Diplomatics, Other Disciplines 328
Varia 333
Index locorum, nominum, rerum 334
Index codicum 392
