{"id":1132,"date":"2012-10-16T12:56:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.stefanschleifer.com\/codex\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2013-04-01T17:35:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T17:35:20","slug":"readers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1482\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BNF-fr.-20040-f.-89r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1482\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1482 \" alt=\"Intriguing 'topless' illustration next to the tale 'Ivresse' from the Old French verse Vie des P\u00e8res Paris, BNF, fr. 20040, f. 89r Reproduced by courtesy of Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France : gallica.bnf.fr\/?lang=EN\" src=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BNF-fr.-20040-f.-89r-300x208.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BNF-fr.-20040-f.-89r-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BNF-fr.-20040-f.-89r-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BNF-fr.-20040-f.-89r-431x300.jpg 431w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BNF-fr.-20040-f.-89r.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intriguing &#8216;topless&#8217; illustration next to the tale &#8216;Ivresse&#8217; from the Old French verse Vie des P\u00e8res<br \/>Paris, BNF, fr. 20040, f. 89r<br \/>Reproduced by courtesy of Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France : gallica.bnf.fr\/?lang=EN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Medieval (and post-medieval) readers frequently could not resist commenting upon, highlighting or correcting the works in their codex.<\/p>\n<p>Ranging from a simple nota bene (<a title=\"Glossary\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?page_id=1147#nota\">?<\/a>) to marginal illustrations inspired by the textual content, the traces left behind by readers offer\u00a0us fascinating insights into the reception of medieval texts as well as a variety of different impulses, both vaguely familiar and utterly\u00a0bewildering.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a title=\"Comparing Minnereden\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=938\">one reader comparing the texts of two German manuscripts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2551\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/marginal-note_fr.-12581_f.-357vb-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2551\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2551\" alt=\"BNF. fr. 12581, f. 357v Reproduced by courtesy of Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France: http:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/?lang=EN\" src=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/marginal-note_fr.-12581_f.-357vb--300x91.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/marginal-note_fr.-12581_f.-357vb--300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/marginal-note_fr.-12581_f.-357vb--500x153.jpg 500w, https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/marginal-note_fr.-12581_f.-357vb-.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BNF. fr. 12581, f. 357v<br \/>Reproduced by courtesy of Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France: http:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/?lang=EN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Or take a look at the variety of\u00a0<a title=\"Reader intervention in BNF fr. 837\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=243\">reader interventions\u00a0in the French manuscript BNF, fr. 837<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about medieval\u00a0<a title=\"Texts\" href=\"http:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=1592\">texts<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medieval (and post-medieval) readers frequently could not resist commenting upon, highlighting or correcting the works in their codex. Ranging from a simple nota bene (?) to marginal illustrations inspired by the textual content, the traces left behind by readers offer\u00a0us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/?p=1132\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everycodextellsastory.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}