The memory of past acts : picturing presence, loss, and history in illuminated cartularies, c.1050-1220 /
Medieval cartularies were produced with varying aims: managing lands, defending rights, memorializing benefactors, and preserving and organizing old records. As much as these complex editorial and scribal projects tell textual histories of their institutions, the imagery that sometimes accompanies t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto:
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies,
[2026]
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| Series: | Text, image, context ;
10. Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 241. |
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| Summary: | Medieval cartularies were produced with varying aims: managing lands, defending rights, memorializing benefactors, and preserving and organizing old records. As much as these complex editorial and scribal projects tell textual histories of their institutions, the imagery that sometimes accompanies the transcriptions gestures toward the story of the cartularies' own making. Drawing on sources from Spain, Germany, Italy, and France, The Memory of Past Acts examines the production of illuminated cartularies from c. 1050 to c. 1220, and the ways in which they transform archive into history.-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 364 pages cm ; illustrations ; 26 cm. Issued also in electronic format. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780888442413 0888442416 |