Richard W. Clement

Italian Sixteenth-Century Writing Books and the Scribal Reality of Verona

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:33 PDT

The sixteenth-century copybooks of the Italian writing masters have long been considered to be reflections of the contemporary scribal condition. The impression one gains from reading the works of Arrighi, Taglienti, Palatino, and Cresci, among others, is that cancellaresca was the dominant notarial script of the first half of the century, that cancellaresca formata, developed by Palatino at mid-century, supplanted it, and that Cresci's cancellaresca corsiva reigned supreme at the end. In fact, if we consider the manuscript evidence, specifically the Rosenthal Collection of North Italian Documents at the University of Chicago, we find a very different reality. In sixteenth-century Verona, at least, cancellaresca was a rather uncommon script. Cancellaresca formata indeed appears soon after Palatino's popularization of the script, but it never became popular in Verona. Cresci's claim to have been the inventor of cancellaresca corsiva is undetermined by the script's appearance prior to the publication of his Essemplara (1560). The most common scripts used throughout the century were the italic and the mercantilist. For the common scribes of sixteenth-century Verona, the writing books seem to have had little influence.

An Analysis on Non-Finite Verb Forms as an Indication of the Style of Translation in Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:31 PDT

Non-finite verb forms are ideal as indicators of a translator's ability and style of translating Latin into OE. (1) This is because in Latin there are six different infinitives: the present active infinitive, the present passive infinitive, the perfect active infinitive, the perfect passive infinitive, the future active infinitive, and the future passive infinitive. However, in OE there is only one infinitive: the present active infinitive. In Latin there are four different participles: the present active imperfect participle, the present passive perfective participle, the future active imperfective participle, and the future passive imperfective participle (gerundive). The gerund is the neuter singular nominal of the gerundive. However, in OE there are only two participles: the present active participle and the past passive participle. The translator had little problem in translating the equivalent forms, but when confronted with those infinitives and participles for which there are no equivalents in OE, the translator was forced to innovate. These innovations are personal stylystic traits and can be used as a base of comparison with other Alfredian Translations.

Juan de la Cuesta, the Spanish Book Trade, and a New Issue of the First Edition of Cervantes' Persiles y Sigismunda

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:29 PDT

Francisco de Robles, Cervantes, and the Spanish Book Trade

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:28 PDT

The Production of the Pastoral Care: King Alfred and His Helpers

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:26 PDT

Old English prose before the late tenth century is examined in this collection of hitherto unpublished essays. Using a variety of techniques, the authors explore well-known and lesser-known texts in search of a better understanding of why, how, and by whom the manuscripts were produced. Part I of the collection contains six studies of Alfredian prose--the Soliloquies, the Pastoral Care, and Consolation of Philosophy--all of which are translations traditionally associated with King Alfred. Part II contains nine essays on various prose works outside of the Alfredian milieu, including the Old English Dialogues, the Old English Bede, the Chronicle and Laws, and various religious works. The authors emphasize the importance of a fresh look at Latin backgrounds and sources and the need to return to manuscript evidence for new insights. As a group, they argue for sympathetic contextual analysis, urging scholars in the field to reexamine the prose of the earlier Old English period to find cultural and literary value and significance.

The Beginnings of Printing in Anglo-Saxon Type, 1565-1630

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:25 PDT

Thomas James, 1572-1629

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:23 PDT

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Two Contemporary Gregorian Editions of Pope Gregory the Great's Regula Pastoralis in Troyes MS 504

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:21 PDT

Richard Verstegan's Reinvention of Anglo-Saxon England: A Contribution from the Continent

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:19 PDT

The reinvention of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is an historicized approach to constructions of the past. How and why does the present of any period uses the past to promote its own opinions, beliefs, doctrines or views? In particular, this volume demonstrates that reinventions of past eras or figures can be motivated by a nationalistic desire to create cultural 'roots', to discover origins that justify a regime or group's self-identity, to appropriate a cultural icon or neglected author for a particular political agenda, or to reflect on contemporary social issues via a remote time and place. Reworkings or adaptations of earlier culture often tell us more about the age in which they were produced than the one revived or revisited. This volume features five essays that treat medieval subjects; four focus on Tudor and Stuart figures, religion or politics; and five concentrate on nineteenth-century uses of medieval or early modern events, literary conventions, settings and themes.

Manuscript Resources for the Study of Portuguese History at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:17 PDT

A Newly Discovered Fifteenth-Century Manuscript of the Lectura of Niccolo de Tudeschis

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:15 PDT

Codicology as an Introduction to Medieval Literature

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:13 PDT

A Handlist of Manuscripts Containing Gregory's Regula Pastoralis

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:12 PDT

Sir William Stirling-Maxwell and his Cervantes Collection at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:49:09 PDT

Library and University Press Integration: A New Vision for University Publishing

Richard W. Clement — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:40:18 PDT

American university presses are struggling to maintain their core mission to publish scholarly monographs. Several presses have closed and almost all are struggling. Presses have tried various editorial tactics and new publishing strategies to keep afloat, but the larger economic situation has continued to erode their ability to succeed. In the face of what appears to be insurmountable impediments, some university presses have turned to university libraries as natural partners in the enterprise of distributing scholarship and research. Though these two entities have differing business models, partnerships have much to offer each, and integrating the press into the library organization and aligning its business plan with the library's plan offer a viable solution to the crisis of contemporary university publishing. Library/press integrations have the potential to be extraordinarily significant in the future development of publishing in this area. This article first reviews the history of university presses in the United States, then considers the nature of the challenge now facing presses to succeed, and finally offers a new model for press and library integration as exemplified in such a merger at Utah State University.