{"product_id":"textual-situations-9780812236422","title":"Textual Situations","description":"\u003cp\u003eGenerations of scholars have meditated upon the literary devices and cultural meanings of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e. But according to Andrew Taylor not enough attention has been given to the physical context of the manuscript itself. The original copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e is actually bound with a Latin translation of the \u003ci\u003eTimaeus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTextual Situations\u003c\/i\u003e looks at this bound volume along with two other similarly bound medieval volumes to explore the manuscripts and marginalia that have been cast into shadow by the fame of adjacent texts, some of the most read medieval works. In addition to the bound volume that contains \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e, Taylor examines the volume that binds the well-known poem \"Sumer is icumen in\" with the \u003ci\u003eLais of Marie de France\u003c\/i\u003e, and a volume containing the legal Decretals of Gregory IX with marginal illustrations of wayfaring life decorating its borders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApproaching the manuscript as artifact, \u003ci\u003eTextual Situations\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that medieval texts must be examined in terms of their material support—that is, literal interpretation must take into consideration the physical manuscript itself in addition to the social conventions that surround its compilation. Taylor reconstructs the circumstances of the creation of these medieval bound volumes, the settings in which they were read, inscribed, and shared, and the social and intellectual conventions surrounding them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48177253810427,"sku":"9780812236422","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_dbcfd781-1629-4c30-affa-29315f0c1718.jpg?v=1770650546","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/textual-situations-9780812236422","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}