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Material Approaches to Exploring the Borders of Paratext




AuthorsRuokkeinen Sirkku, Liira Aino

PublisherThe society for textual scolarship

Publication year2019

JournalTextual Cultures: Texts, Contexts, Interpretation

Volume11

Issue1-2

First page 106

Last page129

eISSN1933-7418

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14434/textual.v11i1-2.23302

Web address https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/textual/article/view/27354

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/40523397


Abstract

This paper studies the interplay of text and paratext using late medieval and early modern printed and manuscript sources. We argue that the paratext framework should include a distinction between the abstract and material notions of text, as it is the features of the material text which help identify intersections between text and paratext. Three elements, namely enlarged initials, notes, and type- and script-switches, are analysed to show how paratextual elements are often layered, and may have both textual and paratextual functions at the same time. What results is a complex network of elements in different textual and paratextual relationships.


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