03642nam 2200685 450 991045680750332120200520144314.01-4426-8908-010.3138/9781442689084(CKB)2550000000019349(OCoLC)635459121(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381963(SSID)ssj0000478792(PQKBManifestationID)11913447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478792(PQKBWorkID)10435288(PQKB)11776274(CaPaEBR)430854(CaBNvSL)slc00224350(MiAaPQ)EBC3268180(MiAaPQ)EBC4672669(DE-B1597)465307(OCoLC)1013950374(OCoLC)944176618(DE-B1597)9781442689084(Au-PeEL)EBL4672669(CaPaEBR)ebr11258325(EXLCZ)99255000000001934920160923h20092009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe scribes for women's convents in late medieval Germany /Cynthia J. CyrusToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2009.©20091 online resource (408 p.) 0-8020-9369-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Caveats and Terminology -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Of Monasteries and Their Scribes -- 2. Structuring Scribal Relationships -- 3. The Content of Convent Manuscripts -- 4. Scribe as Individual -- 5. Why Scribes Serve -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Distribution of Known Scribes and of Surviving Manuscripts by Monastic Order -- Appendix B: Forty-eight Women's Convents with Active Scriptoria in Late Medieval Germany -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of People -- Index of Convents -- Index of Manuscripts -- General IndexWhile there has been a great tradition of scholarship in medieval manuscripts, most studies have focused on the details of manuscript production by male copyists. In this study, Cynthia J. Cyrus demonstrates the prevalence of manuscript production by women monastics and challenges current assumptions of how manuscripts circulated in the late medieval period. Drawing on extensive research into the surviving manuscripts of over 450 women's convents, the author assesses the genres common to women's convent libraries emphasizing a social rather than a codicological understanding of how manuscripts of women's libraries came to be copied. An engaging mix of biography, women's history, and book history, The Scribes for Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany will change the way medieval manuscripts are understood and studied.ScribesGermanyHistoryTo 1500Women in ChristianityHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Monasticism and religious ordersGermanyHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Manuscripts, MedievalGermanyElectronic books.ScribesHistoryWomen in ChristianityHistoryMonasticism and religious ordersHistoryManuscripts, Medieval091.0943Cyrus Cynthia J.941228MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456807503321The scribes for women's convents in late medieval Germany2122957UNINA