Book production and publishing in Britain, 1375-1475

Abstract

List of illustrations and figures List of contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations List of works cited in short form Introduction Derek Pearsall Part I. The Book: 1. Materials: the paper revolution R. J. Lyall 2. Design, decoration and illustration Kathleen L. Scott 3. English decorated bookbindings Miriam M. Foot Part II. Book Production: 4. Evidence for the study of London's late medieval manuscript-book trade C. Paul Christianson 5. Publication by members of the religious orders A. I. Doyle 6. Lollard book production Anne Hudson 7. The production of books of liturgical polyphony Andrew Wathey Part III. Patrons, Buyers and Owners: 8. Patrons, buyers and owners: the evidence for ownership, and the role of book owners in book production and the book trade Kate Harris 9. Patrons, buyers and owners: book production and social status Carol Meale 10. Books and book owners in fifteenth-century Scotland R. J. Lyall Part IV. The Contents of Books: 11. The manuscripts of the major English poetic texts A. S. G. Edwards and Derek Pearsall 12. Anthologies and miscellanies: production and choice of texts Julia Boffey and John J. Thompson 13. Vernacular books of religion Vincent Gillespie 14. Scientific and medical books Linda Ehrsam Voigts Part V. Aftermath: 15. Manuscript to print N. F. Blake Appendices Index of manuscripts General index.