Burg 15 Books in Transition: Manuscripts and Printed Books in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Low Countries - Paperback

by Hanno Wijsman (Editor)

In 2006, 500 years after his death, the Royal Library of Belgium organised an exhibition revealing treasures from the era of Philip the Fair (1478-1506), last duke of Burgundy. This volume reunites most of the papers delivered at a conference held during the exhibition, increased with four new chapters. Ten specialists from Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States discuss the book market and its place in society in this transitional period when manuscripts and printed books were produced and used next to one another. The contributions are organised in pairs around five topics, whereby in each case one author treats manuscripts and the other printed books: Philip the Fair and his books, art in books, music in books, politics in books, the book market.

Author Biography

Hanno Wijsman is postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University. His research focuses on the cultural, social, and political history of later medieval and sixteenth century Europe with special attention to manuscript studies and book history in theNetherlands and France.