A Catalogue of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Now in the Bodleian Library
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Author Description
The Bodleian's incunable catalogue describes the Library's fifteenth-century western printed books to the same standards expected in the best modern catalogues of medieval manuscripts. It records and identifies all texts contained in each volume, and the detailed analysis of the textual content is an innovative feature. Further information about authors, editors, translators, and dedicatees is given in an extensive index of names, complete with biographical and other information; this index will be of interest to textural scholars from the classical period to the renaissance. The detailed descriptions of the copy-specific features of each book (the binding, hand-decoration and hand-finishing, marginalia, and provenance) form another important contribution to scholarship. The provenance index will be of great value to all those interested in the history of the book from the 1450s to the present day.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This work serves as a comprehensive, scholarly inventory of fifteenth-century western printed books held within the Bodleian Library, establishing a new standard for incunable cataloging. The authors, a team of expert bibliographers and historians, apply rigorous analytical methods to document not only the texts themselves but also the material history of each volume. By integrating textual analysis with detailed provenance and physical descriptions, the book provides a foundational resource for researchers investigating the transition from manuscript to print culture.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Detailed bibliographic records for the Bodleian Library's collection of incunabula.
- Comprehensive indices of authors, editors, translators, and dedicatees with biographical context.
- Analysis of copy-specific physical features including bindings, hand-decoration, and marginalia.
- Extensive provenance data tracking the history of ownership from the 1450s to the present.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and bibliographers regard this catalogue as a definitive reference tool for the study of early printed books. The academic density of the prose and the meticulous nature of the entries make it an indispensable resource for researchers in the fields of classical and renaissance studies.
Page Count:
3088
Publication Date:
2005-09-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199513732
ISBN-13:
9780199513734
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