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The Role of the Scroll: An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages
by Kelly, Thomas Forrest
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- Hardcover
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- New
- ISBN 10
- 0393285030
- ISBN 13
- 9780393285031
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
W. W. Norton & Company, 2019 8vo (24 cm), XIV, 181 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket. "In 'The Role of the Scroll', music professor and historian Thomas Forrest Kelly brings to life the most interesting scrolls in medieval history, placing them in the context of those who made, commissioned, and used them, and reveals their remarkably varied uses. Scrolls were the best way to keep ever-expanding lists, for example, those of debtors, knights, and the dead, the names of whom were added to existing rolls of parchment through the process of "enrollment." While useful for keeping public records, scrolls could also be extremely private. Forgetful stage performers relied on them to recall their lines--indeed, "role" comes from the French word for scroll--and those looking for luck carried either blessings or magic spells, depending on their personal beliefs. Finally, scrolls could convey ceremonial importance, a purpose that lives on with academic diplomas." (from the blurb)
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
(PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009079
- Title
- The Role of the Scroll: An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages
- Author
- Kelly, Thomas Forrest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393285030
- ISBN 13
- 9780393285031
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date Published
- 2019
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Illuminated manuscripts;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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