LEADER 03335nam 22004572 450 001 9910162797003321 005 20170511155127.0 010 $a1-78204-916-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782049166 035 $a(CKB)3710000001040920 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781782049166 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4793142 035 $a(DE-B1597)676361 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782049166 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001040920 100 $a20170214d2017|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe manuscript and meaning of Malory's Morte Darthur $erubrication, commemoration, memorialization /$fK. S. Whetter 210 1$aWoodbridge, Suffolk :$cD.S. Brewer,,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aArthurian studies ;$v84 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 May 2017). 311 08$a1-84384-453-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA textual introduction -- The unusual nature of Winchester's rubrication -- Tracing Winchester's rubrication and marginalia: Appendix I: Classifications of rubrication Appendix II: Rubrication errors or departures from the usual pattern -- Malory's sacralized secularity -- Rubricated elegy -- Conclusion: the red and the black. 330 $aThe red-ink names that decorate the Winchester manuscript of Malory's Morte Darthur are striking; yet until now, no-one has asked why the rubrication exists. This book explores the uniqueness and thematic significance of the physical layout of the Morte in its manuscript context, arguing that the layout suggests, and the correlations between manuscript design and narrative theme confirm, that the striking arrangement is likely to have been the product of authorial design rather than something unusual dreamed up by patron, scribe, reader, or printer.
The introduction offersa thorough account of not only the textual tradition of the Morte, but also the ways in which scholarship to date has not done enough with the manuscript contexts of Malory's Arthuriad. The book then goes on to establish the singularity and likely provenance of Winchester's rubrication of names. In the second half of the study the author elucidates the narrative significance of this rubrication pattern, outlining striking connections between manuscript layout and major narrative events, characters, and themes. He argues that the manuscript mise-en-page underscores Malory's interest in human character and knighthood, creating a memorializing function similar to the many inscribed tombs that dominate the landscape of the Morte's narrative pages. In short, Winchester's design creates a memorializing tomb for Arthurian chivalry.

K.S. Whetter is Professor of English, Acadia University. 410 0$aArthurian studies ;$v84. 606 $aRubrication$y15th century 615 0$aRubrication 676 $a823/.2 700 $aWhetter$b K. S$g(Kevin Sean),$f1969-$01207559 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162797003321 996 $aThe manuscript and meaning of Malory's Morte Darthur$92785626 997 $aUNINA