Research Catalog

Title

From manuscripts to wrappers : medieval book fragments in the Swedish National Archives / Jan Brunius.

Author

Brunius, Jan, 1947-

Publication

Stockholm : Swedish National Archives, [2013]

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Details

Description

252 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

The Swedish National Archives in Stockholm houses the largest collections of medieval book fragments in Northern Europe, around 23,000 fragments taken from about 11,000 manuscripts, most of which are liturgical. The fragments were used as covers for tax accounts of the Swedish royal administration between about 1530 and 1630, and all of them have been described in an illustrated database catalogue recently published on the Internet. This book is the first work devoted to the entire collection, and it is a full presentation of all aspects of the fragments for an international audience. The book includes a glossary of the terminology used, and has indices of all the medieval authors and their works found in the collection. The organisation of the database, and its search familities, are thoroughly explained to make it easy to use by all students and scholars. -- back cover.

Series Statement

• Skrifter utgivna av Riksarkivet, 1402-4705 ; 35
• Archival guide

Uniform Title

Skrifter utgivna av Riksarkivet 35.

Subject

• Sweden. Riksarkivet
• Manuscripts, Medieval > Sweden

Note

• "The Swedish National Archives houses a collection of many thousand medieval book fragments which come from medieval churches and monasteries and were used as covers for tax accounts in the sixteenth century. The fragment collection in Stockholm ... is probably the largest collection of medieval fragments of known provenance in any European depository"--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-196) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The background: the making of fragments -- Books from abroad and local products -- Books of the church -- Books for study -- The final stage -- The database.

ISBN

• 9789188366993 (hd.bd.)
• 9188366995 (hd.bd.)

OCLC

• 855531030
• SCSB-11170074

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library