Scraps of Thought: Margin Notes in Old Romanian Books (Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne .10) （2015. 119 S. 210 mm）

Borcoman, Mariana

PETER LANG（2015発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 119 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783631660461

Full Description

Scraps of thought analyses notes in medieval books from the archive of the First Romanian School from Şcheii Brașovului, the Romanian settlement outside Brașov city walls. Merchants, craftsmen and wealthy people financially supported St. Nicholas Church and the school on its premises. Families of scholars, formed in the school of Şcheii, preserved the light of books and Romanian Orthodoxism in the region. The notes in the books reveal an educated society, passing on fragments of their way of thinking. We learn about unusual weather conditions, covenants for preserving the moral norms, information regarding the meeting of the priests in the area and especially the curses that were meant to protect the books. The study shows the medieval book as a written medium which included glimpses of life, fragments of human emotions and events.

Contents

Contents: Medieval books - Notes in medieval books - Șcheii Brașovului - Brașov - Medieval society - Romanian Orthodoxism - Teacher - Moral norms - Medieval book as a written medium.