Dane, Joseph A.. Abstractions of evidence in the study of manuscripts and early printed books

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and index

Contents

The calculus of calculus : W.W. Greg and the mathematics of Everyman editions -- The notions of text and variant in the prologue to Chaucer's Legend of good women, MS Gg lines 127-38 -- Two studies in early medieval dramatic texts and performances -- Myths of the Wakefield master -- "Ideal copy" vs. "ideal texts" : the application of bibliographical language to facsimiles -- Two studies in bibliographical identification and identity -- The 1476 Boccaccio of Colard Mansion : note on a note by Seymour De Ricci -- What is [a] Caxton? : from book to text -- Leander Van Ess and the panzerization of early books and history -- Conclusion : parody, irony, and the search for books of mass destruction