Scraps of Thought: Margin Notes in Old Romanian Books

Scraps of thought analyses notes in medieval books from the archive of the First Romanian School from Scheii Bra ovului, the Romanian settlement outside Bra ov city walls. Merchants, craftsmen and wealthy people financially supported St. Nicholas Church and the school on its premises. Families of scholars, formed in the school of Scheii, preserved the light of books and Romanian Orthodoxism in the region. The notes in the books reveal an educated society, passing on fragments of their way of thinking. We learn about unusual weather conditions, covenants for preserving the moral norms, information regarding the meeting of the priests in the area and especially the curses that were meant to protect the books. The study shows the medieval book as a written medium which included glimpses of life, fragments of human emotions and events.

About the author

Mariana Borcoman is a lecturer at the Social Sciences and Communication Department at Transylvania University in Bräov (Romania). She also conducts historical research at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Tübingen (both Germany) as well as the University of Vienna and the European Institute of Budapest.

Product details

• Authors: Mariana Borcoman
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2015
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9783631660461
• ISBN: 978-3-631-66046-1
• Pages: 119
• Dimensions (packing): 14.8 x 0.6 x 21 cm
• Weight (packing): 180 g
• Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften > 1095, Europäische Hochschulschriften 23 / European University Studies 23 / Publications Universitaires Européennes 23 > 1095, Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn > .1095, Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 03): Geschichte und ihre Hilfswissenschaften / History and Allied Studies / Histoire > 1095, Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 03): Geschichte und ihre Hilfswissenschaften / History and Allied Studies / Histoire > 1095, Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne > 1095, Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes > 1095
• Subjects: Osteuropa, notes, books, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Osten / Osteuropa, Europa / Osteuropa, Mariana, Margin, Thought, Romanian, medieval books, scraps, medieval society, Romanian Orthodoxism, Borcoman