Deciphering the Manuscript Page: the Mise-en-Page of Chaucer, Gower, and Hoccleve Manuscripts

Thesis

This thesis examines the production of the Middle English poetic manuscript. It analyses the mise-en-page of manuscripts created during a crucial period for book production, immediately after 1400, when there was a sudden explosion in the production of vernacular manuscripts of literary texts, when the demand for books increased, and the commercial book trade swiftly followed. It offers a close analysis of the mise-en-page of the manuscripts of three central authors: Chaucer’s, Gower’s, an...

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Authors: Nafde, A

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Manuscript Studies; Hoccleve; Mise-en-Page; Gower; Chaucer; Scribal Practice; Palaeography
• Subjects: English Language and Literature; History of the book; English and Old English literature