Renaissance Manuscripts Research Articles

Chaucer and the Tradition of the “Roman Antique.” by Barbara Nolan

REVIEWS Finally, Bland proposes that Chaucer's decision to write in English, not French, may be partly due to his having learned latin through the medium ofEnglish, and that an English explanation oflatin grammar may underlie the odd phrase conservatyfthe soun (House ofFame 2: 847): "The only place where Chaucer was likely to hear a phrase constructed like 'conservatyfthe soun' was in a grammar school classroom in which the master gave English sentences to exemplify the latin" (p. 225). As one would infer from the titles ofthe chapters, this collection is not a comprehensive inquiry into issues and questions in manuscript studies, nor does it embody the type of focused debate among participants that can sometimes break new theoretical ground. Instead, as is common with com­ memorative volumes, it reflects the specific topics on which the contribu­ tors chose to write. Not surprisingly, much that might be germane to "the use of manuscripts in literary studies" is omitted. For instance, there is little discussion of how the new information technologies will affect literary-codicological research, a topic addressed in projects such as Biblio­ graphic Accers to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Survey of Com­ puterized Data Baser and Information Servicer, ed. Wesley M. Stevens (New York and London: Haworth, 1992; see James J. O'Donnell's review in Speculum 68 {1993]: 1118-19). But to point this out is only to acknowl­ edge that the present work reflects the eclectic nature ofmost projects ofits kind. That is perhaps as it should be, insofar as the legacy ofJudson Boyce Allen may be more appropriately reflected in these individual studies­ contributed by scholars who see themselves as working in his tradition­ than in a more comprehensive or innovative type ofwork designed to meet other goals. As a memorial offering, this is a fine tribute to a medievalist who loved manuscripts and who will long be missed. CAROLINE D. ECKHARDT Pennsylvania State Universiry BARBARA NOLAN. Chaucer and the Tradition ofthe "Roman Antique." Cam­ bridge Studies in Medieval Literature, vol. 15. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xv, 391. $69.95. This is a stimulating, erudite study of relationships among seven key ro­ mance texts of the later Middle Ages as part of what Barbara Nolan calls 231 STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER the tradition of the roman antique. The seven texts under close scrutiny here, from three generations of vernacular writers, are Beno'it de Sainte­ Maure's Roman de Troie, the Roman de Thebes, the Roman d'Eneas, Boccac­ cio's Filostrato and Teseida, and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and The Knight's Tale. By "tradition of the roman antique" Nolan means a group of texts that manifest "a formally significant conjunction ...between a me­ dieval vernacular language and the language and matter of classical history, between modem authorial composition and ancient Latin models for writ­ ing" (p.7).The moral concerns and explorations of "hypothetical or possi­ ble rules for secular ethical conduct" (p.9) mark these texts as different from the chronicles and the chansons de geste. Other aspects ofthis tradition, which Nolan examines in chapters 2 and 3, include "systems of multiple perspective," "academically based moral questioning"---even "situational ethics"-and "medievalized Ovidian poetics of secular love. " The strength of Nolan's essay is her persuasive demonstration of the importance of the schools-specifically, of glosses on Ovid-to the roman antique. This is especially true of the French works, which were clearly influenced by scholia on the Ars amatoria, the Remedia amoris, and the Heroides. She brings forward the arguments on Joie amor ("Ovidian" or passionate love), bone amor (chaste love), and even married love ("Lavinian love"), and she demonstrates that debates about these kinds of love to a large degree structure the Roman de Thebes, the Roman de Troie, and the Roman d'Eneas. In the twelfth-century romans antiques, she finds: The dominant interests in school commentaries on Ovid's love poems--and in the classicizing romances influenced by them-are political, social, and moral, but they are not religious ....The most basic school commentaries on Ovid's love poems, together with the influential Eneas and Roman de Troie, seem to...

The Use of Computers in Catalging Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Menso Folkerts , Andreas KühneBibliographic Access to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Survey of Computerized Data Bases and Information Services.Wesley M. Stevens

<i>The Use of Computers in Catalging Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts</i>. Menso Folkerts , Andreas Kühne<i>Bibliographic Access to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Survey of Computerized Data Bases and Information Services.</i>Wesley M. Stevens

The external PIXE setup for the analysis of manuscripts at the Florence University

The external beam PIXE setup of the 3 MV Van de Graaff accelerator in Florence is extensively used for the analysis of parchments, rulings, inks and miniature temperas of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. The beam is collimated to about 200 μm and exits from the vacuum environment through a 8 μm Kapton window. Beam currents from 200 to 500 pA are used; they have been found to produce no visible damage to the examined materials. Two Si(Li) detectors are simultaneously used with different geometries in order to cover the widest possible Z-range of the detected elements: even Na is detected with good sensitivity. A robust and versatile support has been constructed for safe and easy handling of the manuscripts. A laser alignment system allows accurate aiming at the detail of interest. A rotating chopper samples the beam at a frequency of the order of 1 Hz; X-rays produced on a Ni layer evaporated on the graphite vane of the chopper are used for charge normalization, since the weak current pulses would be unreliably measured in air due, in particular, to space-charge effects. An application is shortly presented, concerning the materials used for the “colour” rulings which are found, starting from the 11th century, to delimit the writing field for the copyist.

A methodological test of external beam PIXE analysis on inks of ancient manuscripts

Extensive scientific investigations on the materials used for preparing inks in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts (before invention of printing) are still missing. With our external PIXE setup, we are beginning such an investigation. The present paper deals with a preliminary methodological research aimed at the identification of the critical compositional parameters and at the definition of operating procedures which permit reliable information to be obtained and in particular the homogeneity of the home-made inks to be checked. We chose three 11th century manuscripts of well known origin, and performed composition measurements on five ink areas on each of six pages per manuscript. On one of the five areas a scan in steps of 200 μm was also performed with the purpose of checking ink composition homogeneity even at this small scale. Five measurements on each of the six pages' parchments allowed us to evaluate the contribution to the collected “ink” spectra arising from the underlying parchment. Critical parameters for ink characterization have been found to be e.g. the K contents, the FeCuZnPb compositional pattern, and the sulphur to metals ratio. In addition, we have detected ink-parchment physico-chemical interactions altering the apparent CI and Ca contents.

Microfilm Collections of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States

L'acces aux documents anciens pour les chercheurs en etudes europeeennes, aux etats Unis. Exemples de developpement de collections de manuscrits microfilmes, dans le cadre de projets emanant d'organismes de recherche universitaire des Etats Unis et reflexions generales sur le traitement de ces collections, du point de vue du bibliothecaire et de l'utilisateur

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 1: France, 875–1420. Lilian M. C. RandallA Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library. Paul SaengerIlluminated and Decorated Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht: An Illustrated Catalogue. Koert van der Horst

<i>Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 1: France, 875–1420</i>. Lilian M. C. Randall<i>A Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library</i>. Paul Saenger<i>Illuminated and Decorated Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht: An Illustrated Catalogue</i>. Koert van der Horst

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California Publications: Catalogs and Bibliographies, 7. Mirella Ferrari , R. H. Rouse

Previous articleNext article No AccessREVIEWSMedieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California Publications: Catalogs and Bibliographies, 7. Mirella Ferrari , R. H. Rouse A. S. G. EdwardsA. S. G. Edwards Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Volume 86, Number 1MARCH 1992 Published for the Bibliographical Society of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/pbsa.86.1.24303048 Views: 1Total views on this site COPYRIGHT 1992 THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

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Journal Article REVIEWS Get access Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. By C. W. DUISCHKE Vol 1, pp lxvi+380, Vol II, pp. vi+381–886San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1989. $95 S. J. OGILVIE-THOMSON S. J. OGILVIE-THOMSON St Edmund HallOxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of English Studies, Volume XLII, Issue 168, November 1991, Pages 551–552, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/XLII.168.551 Published: 01 November 1991

Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections (review)

Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections (review)

Words and Wordsmiths: a Volume for H. L. Rogers (review)

Reviews 187 (1956) and two supplements by K. V. Sinclair (1978 and 1987), nor with Sinclair's three-volume repertory French Devotional Texts of the Middle Ages (1979-1988). In the section concerned with the technical description of the numerous Wdters manuscripts (pp. 171-225), reference is continually made to the fact that information has been gleaned from the forthcoming magnum opus of LiUian M . C. RandaU, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Having had occasion myself to consult this work in proof form, it is very obvious to m e how great a debt is owed her by the organisers of Time Santified. Admittedly, it is one they acknowledge fully. Perhaps a more equitable arrangement would have been for the Wdters technicd accounts to have appeared under her name. Peter Rolfe Monks Townsville Words and Wordsmiths: a Volume for H. L. Rogers, ed. G. Barnes, et al., Sydney, University of Sydney, Department of English, 1989; pp. vi, 173; R.R.P. A U S $10.00. Of the seventeen essays in this collection three ded with Old English. John Gray, in a lucid discussion of the much disputed lines 1080-96 of the Finn episode in Beowulf, offers a simple and persuasive solution to a notoriously complex problem. Alex Jones brings computer analysis to bear on the lexical structure Of The Battle of Maldon. Naomi Robinson demonstrates Aelfric's careful distinction among the various O E synonyms for 'living'. T w o pieces have a historical orientation. Sonya Jensen shows that the two Merlins of Giraldus Cambrensis - 'Abrosius' and 'Silvester' - are in fact 'one and the same' character (p. 48) and John Kennedy asks what can be discovered about the office of a go5i from a study of Egils saga. In the sole essay on Middle Scots, Philippa Bright defends Henryson's figurative technique in The Cock and the Jasp. Middle English is well represented. There are four fine essays on Chaucer: Geralidine Barnes on his manipulation of 'a variety of narrative modes (romance, epic, tragedy, philosophical discourse)' in the Knight's Tale (p. 10); Gary Simes on 'the unhistoricd application' of the notion of bawdy to his writings (p. 112); Margaret Singer on the words aventure and grace in the Franklin's Tale; and Diane Speed on the language and background of the Physician's tale. T w o pieces deal with mystery plays. Lee Jobling offers a detailed discussion of the character of Pilate in the York cycle and Margaret Rogerson shows, through an examination of the late medieval civic records at York, that the number of episodes presented in the cycle may have varied from year to year. Betsy Taylor, 188 Reviews in the remaining essay on Middle English, finds positive reasons for Malory's reluctance to show Launcelot and Guinevere abed togydirs. The four other contributions, all deding with the m o d e m period, are a mixed bag. Don Anderson's piece on usage, with which the collection unhappily opens, is a reprinted newspaper article riddled with infelicities grosser than those it pretends not to pillory. ('How can I deplore "quote" being used as a noun when that scourge of the tautology, Alex Buzo, does just that...?' But even those who accept this treatement of being as a participle rather than a verbd noun must wonder what it is that Buzo does. Does he use 'quote' as a noun or does he deplore such a usage? The context requires the former; the syntax the latter.) John Gunn discourses chattily on terms associated with beer-drinking in this thirstiest of continents. Robert Eagleson shows how linguistic evidence was used in a recent homicide trial to prove that the accused was himself the author of a typewritten 'farewell' letter which he cldmed had been written by his wife before her disappearance. This compelling topic cries out for the full supporting evidence -the complete texts of the letter in question and of the accompanying samples of the couple's writings (as opposed merely to the brief quotations we are given from them). Such evidence, amounting to some nine and a half thousand words (p. 22), could profitably have been included instead of Michael...

Book reviews

Book reviews SVATO SCHUTZNER, Medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress. A Descriptive Catalogue. Vol. 1: Bibles, Liturgy, Books of Hours, Washington, Library of Congress, 1989, 26 x 19.5 cm., 422 + xl pp., illus., ISBN 0-8444-0516-7. The Library of Congress has undertaken to produce a three-part catalogue of its medieval manuscripts. A considerable number of such manuscripts was acquired in the last fifty years, by far the most notable among which are those coming from the Lessing Rosenwald collection. The first part of this interesting catalogue com- prises no fewer than sixty-four manuscripts, i.e. Bibles, liturgical

Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery: v.1: France, 875-1420

Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery: v.1: France, 875-1420

Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. 2 vols.C. W. DutschkeMedieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Claremont Libraries. (University of California Publications: Catalogs and Bibliographies, 3.). C. W. Dutschke , R. H. RouseCatalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 34, 48.). Barbara

Previous articleNext article No AccessBOOK REVIEWSGuide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. 2 vols. C. W. Dutschke Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Claremont Libraries. (University of California Publications: Catalogs and Bibliographies, 3.). C. W. Dutschke , R. H. Rouse Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 34, 48.). Barbara Shailor A. S. G. EdwardsA. S. G. Edwards Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Volume 83, Number 3SEPTEMBER 1989 Published for the Bibliographical Society of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/pbsa.83.3.24301421 Views: 3Total views on this site COPYRIGHT 1989 THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library

Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library

Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, v2 (Book Review)

Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, v2 (Book Review)

A Remnant of Gislenian Anthology

This article discusses the indentification of the constituent parts of a manuscript volume held in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, McLennan Library. It has the shelf mark Ricci 118, and the only published reference to it is in Seymour de Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, 11, 2214. The description there is sufficiently brief so as to be misleading when it is not erroneous.

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Reviews Get access C. W. DUTSCHKE and R. H. ROUSE, with the assistance of MIRELLA FERRARI, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Claremont Libraries. University of California Publications: Catalogs and Bibliographies, 3. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1986. xxi + 146 pp., 44 plates. $37.50. ISBN 0 520 09644 4. A. I. DOYLE A. I. DOYLE Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Library, Volume s6-X, Issue 1, March 1988, Pages 52–53, https://doi.org/10.1093/library/s6-X.1.52 Published: 01 March 1988

Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, v1 (Book Review)

Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, v1 (Book Review)

Cataloging Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Review ArticleMedieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. Vol. 3: Lampeter-Oxford. N. R. KerCatalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Vol. 1: MSS 1-250. Barbara A. Shailor

Previous articleNext article No AccessCataloging Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Review Article Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. Vol. 3: Lampeter-Oxford. N. R. Ker Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Vol. 1: MSS 1-250. Barbara A. Shailor Richard W. ClementRichard W. Clement Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Library Quarterly Volume 55, Number 3Jul., 1985 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/601616 Views: 5Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1985 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Sheila A. Bair, Susan M. B. Steuer Developing a Premodern Manuscript Application Profile Using Dublin Core, Journal of Library Metadata 13, no.11 (Jan 2013): 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2013.778725

The Milan Partbooks: Evidence of Cipriano de Rore's Compositional Process

* I read a different version of this study under the title, New Evidence concerning Compositional Process: An Autograph Manuscript of Cipriano de Rore, at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society, Denver, i980. I would like to thank the foundations and institutions whose financial support made this study possible: Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund (1975-76), Leopold Schepp Foundation and the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Villa I Tatti (i9798o), and the American Philosophical Society (Summer, 1981). I am also indebted to many friends and colleagues who contributed advice, especially Robert Bailey, Wendy Erslev, Ralph Locke, Lewis Lockwood, Harold S. Powers, and Quentin Quereau. 1 For a description of the structure and contents of the manuscript, see the Appendix. manuscript has been known to scholars since i882 when it was first described by Edmond vander Straeten, La Musique aux Pays-Bas avant le XIXe siecle, VI (Brussels, 1882), 132-35. In 1954 Alvin H. Johnson, The Liturgical Music of Cipriano de Rore (Ph.D. diss., Yale Univ.), working from an incomplete microfilm, corrected many of the errors in vander Straeten's description, recognized the original structure of the manuscript, and identified the texts of the two motets. In 1975 Bernhard Meier published a modern edition of the three compositions in the manuscript, as well as a facsimile of fols. 2r, 3', and 4r, in Cipriani Opera Omnia, VI, Motets, Corpus mensurabilis musicae, 14 ([Rome], 1975). For other references to the manuscript, see the Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music, 145o550o, Compiled by the University of Illinois Musicological Archives for Renaissance Studies, II, ed. Herbert Kellman and Charles Hamm, Renaissance Manuscript Studies, I (Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1982), 142. manuscript, a complex and fascinating source, will be the subject of a forthcoming monograph.