Abstractions of evidence in the study of manuscripts and early printed books / by Joseph A. Dane.

• Introduction -- The calculus of calculus : W.W. Greg and the mathematics of Everyman editions -- The notions of text and variant in the prologue to Chaucer's Legend of good women, MS Gg lines 127-38 -- Two studies in early medieval dramatic texts and performances -- Myths of the Wakefield master -- "Ideal copy" vs. "ideal texts" : the application of bibliographical language to facsimiles -- Two studies in bibliographical identification and identity -- The 1476 Boccaccio of Colard Mansion : note on a note by Seymour De Ricci -- What is [a] Caxton? : from book to text -- Leander Van Ess and the panzerization of early books and history -- Conclusion : parody, irony, and the search for books of mass destruction.

Ämnesord

Tidigt tryckta böcker  (sao)

Inkunabler  (sao)

Medeltida handskrifter  (sao)

Bibliography  -- Methodology. (LCSH)

Incunabula  -- Bibliography -- Methodology. (LCSH)

Early printed books  -- Bibliography -- Methodology. (LCSH)

Manuscripts, Medieval  -- Catalogs. (LCSH)

Literature, Medieval  -- Criticism, Textual. (LCSH)

Bibliography, Critical.  (LCSH)

Transmission of texts.  (LCSH)

Editions.  (LCSH)

Manuscripts, Medieval  (LCSH)

Incunabula  (LCSH)

Early printed books  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

Z1001 (LCC)

010/.4 (DDC)

Aea (kssb/8)

Aec.3 (kssb/8)