Title:

Unfinished work or conscious act : several remarks on Elina Gertsman’s ‘The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books’

Creator:

Piszczałka, Karolina

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2021

Date on-line publ.:

2021.12.31

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

medieval manuscripts ; lacuna ; emptiness ; illuminations ; horror vacui

Abstract:

The article discusses the content of the newest book by Elina Gertsman, ‘The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books’ (2021), dealing with the subject of lacunae and emptiness in medieval manuscripts. It illustrates the way in which this topic can be inscribed into the modern tendencies in manuscript studies.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

58

Start page:

249

End page:

257

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : review article

Format:

pdf

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open