Abstractions of evidence in the study of manuscripts and early printed books / Joseph A. Dane.

Author/creator Dane, Joseph A.
Format Book
Publication InfoFarnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2009.
Description176 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography--Methodology.
Incunabula--Bibliography. --Methodology.
Early printed books--Bibliography. --Methodology.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Catalogs.
Literature, Medieval--Criticism, Textual.
Bibliography, Critical.
Transmission of texts.
Editions.

Contents The calculus of calculus : W.W. Greg and the mathematics of Everyman editions -- The notions of text and variant in the prologue to Chaucer's Legend of good women, MS Gg lines 127-38 -- Two studies in early medieval dramatic texts and performances -- Myths of the Wakefield master -- "Ideal copy" vs. "ideal texts" : the application of bibliographical language to facsimiles -- Two studies in bibliographical identification and identity -- The 1476 Boccaccio of Colard Mansion : note on a note by Seymour De Ricci -- What is [a] Caxton? : from book to text -- Leander Van Ess and the panzerization of early books and history -- Conclusion : parody, irony, and the search for books of mass destruction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and index.
LCCN 2008049701
ISBN9780754665014 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754665011 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks Z1001 .D22 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold