Horn, Anna Catharina

The meaning of media / Horn, Anna Catharina - 1st ed. - Berlin De Gruyter c2021 - 213 p. ill. 25 cm.

Includes index

The book highlights aspects of mediality and materiality in the dissemination and distribution of texts in the Scandinavian Middle Ages important for achieving a general understanding of the emerging literate culture. In nine chapters various types of texts represented in different media and in a range of materials are treated. The topics include two chapters on epigraphy, on lead amulets and stone monuments inscribed with runes and Roman letters.

9783110694970


Scandinavian literature History and criticism; materiality; Manuscripts

302.23 / HOR