Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment Inscribed Objects in Medieval European Literature

In the Middle Ages, writing was not confined to manuscripts, but inscribed in the broader material world, in textiles and tombs, on weapons or human skin. This volume presents the first comparative overview of text-bearing artefacts in medieval German, Old Norse, British, French, Italian and Iberian...

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Main Author: Wagner, Ricarda
Other Authors: Neufeld, Christine, Lieb, Ludger
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019
Series:Materiale Textkulturen
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