Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10 is one of the few decorated vernacular manuscripts to survive from early tenth-century England. Although this manuscript has been studied extensively, several unresolved questions and apparent contradictions persist in the scholarship regarding localization, the cooperation of the scribes, the variations between the hands and scripts, as well as the number of phases or sections in which the manuscript was created. In order to address these persistent questions and contradictions, this seminar re-examines the different hands and scripts in Tanner 10 in light of recent work on visual heterogeneity in medieval manuscripts and changing scriptorial practices in the early tenth century.
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