Spreading the Light: Mapping the Vernacular Elucidarium in Medieval England

该项目探讨了英格兰本土Elucidarium的生产和传播，使用手稿证据来确定文本是如何在12世纪和15世纪之间生产和传播的，并解释其在中世纪后期田园关怀的更广泛背景下的地位。大约70份现存的英文、盎格鲁-诺曼文和法文手稿将被审查，并收集有关生产中心、赞助人和所有者的数据。将对这些数据进行整理和分析，以确定文本制作、传播和所有权的模式，以及这些模式随时间变化的方式。该项目还跟踪文本形式和内容的变化，并考虑这些变化与特定文化历史时刻的联系程度。该项目的一个特别关注的问题是在实物文本与指定的人和地点之间建立联系点，以确定真实的阅读和写作事件。

The project explores the production and transmission of the vernacular Elucidarium in England, using manuscript evidence to determine how the text was produced and disseminated between the 12th and 15th centuries, and to explain its place in the broader context of late medieval pastoral care. Some seventy extant manuscripts in English, Anglo-Norman and French will be examined, and data collected relating to centres of production, patrons and owners. The data will be collated and analysed in order to establish patterns of textual production, transmission and ownership, and the ways in which these changed over time. The project also tracks changes in the form and content of the text, and considers the extent to which these can be linked to culturally specific historical moments. A particular concern of the project will be to establish points of contact between the physical texts and named people and places, in order to identify real reading and writing events.