LEADER 03642nam 2200685 450 001 9910456807503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8908-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442689084 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019349 035 $a(OCoLC)635459121 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478792 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478792 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435288 035 $a(PQKB)11776274 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430854 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672669 035 $a(DE-B1597)465307 035 $a(OCoLC)1013950374 035 $a(OCoLC)944176618 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442689084 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672669 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258325 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019349 100 $a20160923h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe scribes for women's convents in late medieval Germany /$fCynthia J. Cyrus 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 311 $a0-8020-9369-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tCaveats and Terminology -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Of Monasteries and Their Scribes -- $t2. Structuring Scribal Relationships -- $t3. The Content of Convent Manuscripts -- $t4. Scribe as Individual -- $t5. Why Scribes Serve -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix A: Distribution of Known Scribes and of Surviving Manuscripts by Monastic Order -- $tAppendix B: Forty-eight Women's Convents with Active Scriptoria in Late Medieval Germany -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of People -- $tIndex of Convents -- $tIndex of Manuscripts -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aWhile 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. 606 $aScribes$zGermany$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aWomen in Christianity$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aMonasticism and religious orders$zGermany$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aManuscripts, Medieval$zGermany 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScribes$xHistory 615 0$aWomen in Christianity$xHistory 615 0$aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory 615 0$aManuscripts, Medieval 676 $a091.0943 700 $aCyrus$b Cynthia J.$0941228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456807503321 996 $aThe scribes for women's convents in late medieval Germany$92122957 997 $aUNINA