IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 226: The Materiality of Law Manuscripts, II: Design and Uses of Legal Manuscripts
Monday 1 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Project 'Transformations of Medieval Law', Bergen Research Foundation / Universitetet i Bergen |
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| Organiser: | Helen F. Leslie-Jacobsen, Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Miriam Tveit, Fakultetet for Samfunnsvitenskap, Nord universitet |
| Paper 226-a | The Design and Use of Margins in Scandinavian Law Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 226-b | Latin Juridical Manuscripts in Medieval Norway and Their Fate (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 226-c | Physical Expression of Handwritten and Printed Law (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Printing History |
| Abstract | This session aims to explore the layout of law manuscripts in terms of their physical design on the page. By investigating the size and contents of the margins of legal manuscripts, we can relate their modes of use by both original and later owners. By analysing the notes and marginalia of juridical manuscripts, we can therefore complement the narratives of these books and the men that owned them. By assessing the transition from manuscript page to printed page by means of page layout, we can uncover reciprocal influences on the physical expression in both the manuscript and printed tradition. |