Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West : Explorations with a Global Database

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Global Economic History Ser. ; v.6

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Medieval Manuscript Productionin the Latin West; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; LIST OF SYMBOLS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS1; COLOUR PLATES; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; 2.1 Manuscripts; Palimpsests; 2.2 Database; Inclusion criteria; Library; Time period; Geographical differentiation; 2.3 Validations of the Database; Rolls and codices in Egypt, 1st to 5th century; Latin Gospel Books copied from the 5th to the 8th century; Books in Egyptian church property, 7th to 8th century; Medieval monastic catalogues; Latin bestiaries, 11th to 15th century

CMD, catalogue des manuscrits datésDutch Alba Amicorum, 16th to 18th centuries; Conclusions relating to validations; 2.4 Shelf Marks; 2.5 Categories of Uses; 2.6 Loss Rates; 2.7 Extrapolations and Calibrations; Extrapolations; Calibrations; 2.8 Similarity Quantification; Characterisation of distributions; Explained variance; Cluster analysis; 2.9 Inferences; Deductions from the database; 2.10 Historical Data in Latin West; Population numbers; Urbanisation; Universities in the Latin West; Dioceses; Numbers of monasteries; 2.11 Discussion and Conclusions; Conclusions

CHAPTER THREE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS3.1 Total Manuscript Numbers; Data sleuthing; Numbers of surviving manuscripts (M); Corroborations; Discussions and conclusions; 3.2 Distributions of Manuscripts in the Database; Overview of frequency distributions; 3.3 Global Uses; Patterns of global uses; Users of Books of Hours; Medieval Renaissances; 3.4 Shifts in Regional Uses of Manuscripts; Stability of regional uses; Trend spotting of regional uses; 3.5 Discussion and Conclusions; Discussion; Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR LOSSES OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS; 4.1 Loss Rates

Assessment of loss ratesRandom losses of manuscripts; Non-random loss; 4.2 Loss Rates in England; Loss rates from medieval libraries; Post-medieval loss rates; 4.3 Loss Rates in the Rest of the World; Loss rates in the Latin West; Loss rates in the non-Latin West; 4.4 Survival of Manuscripts in the Latin West.; Calculation of loss rates; Reciprocal survival factors; 4.5 Discussion and Conclusions on Losses of Manuscripts; Discussion; Conclusions; CHAPTER FIVE PRODUCTION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTSIN THE LATIN WEST; 5.1 Calculation of Production Rates

Method to fi nd the production rates of manuscriptsResulting estimate of manuscript production in the Latin West; 5.2 Comparison of Estimates; Comparisons with hand-written books; Comparisons with printed books; 5.3 On Uncertainties in the Production Estimates; Database construction and adjustments; Reciprocal Survival factor; Compound uncertainty; 5.4 Further Discussions and Conclusions; Discussion on spatial calibration factors; Conclusions; CHAPTER SIX HISTORICAL SUPPORT FOR THEPRODUCTION ESTIMATES IN THE LATIN WEST; 6.1 'Early-Christian Equilibrium', (Sixth to Seventh Centuries); Italy

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