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The Bible in the Latin West (The Medieval Book, Vol 1) by Margaret T Gibson; American Council of Learned Societies.; ACLS Humanities E-Book (Organization) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Bible in the Latin West surveys the changes in the most important book in the western world, the Latin Bible. Dr. Gibson beings the survey in late antiquity, discussing the sumptuous volumes of the great senatorial houses of the fourth century and how they influenced the early great Bibles of northern Europe. The discussion then moves through the Carolingian period, with its increased interest in commentary to early vernacular versions, and goes on to reveal how in the eleventh and twelfth centuries the growing number of monastic and university readers made new demands on texts which led to the inclusion of glosses and other scholarly apparatus. Later, the combined influences of increased literacy and growing wealth among the population called for vernacular translations and devotional aids such as Books of Hours. Gibson completes the survey with a look at early printed Bibles. This is a useful volume for anyone being introduced to the firsthand study of texts and their transmission, as well as for graduate students in history, English, modern languages, classics, and religious studies, The Bible in the Latin West contains an introductory survey, 28 plates with facing des

Who reads The Bible in the Latin West (The Medieval Book, Vol 1)?

Author

Margaret T Gibson; American Council of Learned Societies.; ACLS Humanities E-Book (Organization)

Publisher

University of Notre Dame Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780268080716

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, Christian