Journal article
AN EARLY MEDIEVAL EPISTOLARY LIBELLUS AND THE QUESTION OF ORIGINALITY : PARIS, BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ARSENAL, MS. 717
Scriptorium, Vol.71(2), pp.153-173
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.3406/scrip.2017.4441
Abstract
This article examines an unusual early medieval manuscript, Paris, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal, MS 717, the sole witness to a ninth-century letter written by the archbishop of Lyon about religious crowds in Dijon. The manuscript's codicology, palaeography, and orthography are examined with respect to the contents. Although this small manuscript is not (as has been suggested) an "original" document, it is a rare medieval example of an under-theorized codicological form of letter: the thematic booklet. This article explores the limits of the concept of "originality" in describing the propagation of such epistolary libelli. It argues that epistolary libelli were useful for disseminating doctrinal claims like those defended by the archbishop.
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- Title: Subtitle
- AN EARLY MEDIEVAL EPISTOLARY LIBELLUS AND THE QUESTION OF ORIGINALITY : PARIS, BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ARSENAL, MS. 717
- Creators
- Shane Bobrycki - Harvard University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Scriptorium, Vol.71(2), pp.153-173
- Publisher
- Cultura
- DOI
- 10.3406/scrip.2017.4441
- ISSN
- 0036-9772
- Number of pages
- 21
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- History
- Record Identifier
- 9984696720302771
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