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- Title
Reading Graffiti in the Early Modern Book.
- Authors
Scott-Warren, Jason
- Abstract
The article analyzes marginal writing within books during the early modern period as representations of early forms of graffiti. These markings include signatures, annotations, inscriptions, and other various marks of ownership. Emphasis is given to the defamation of individuals in books, the importance of these various markings to knowledge about early modern English material culture, and the importance of books to English social life. The author calls for the anthropological study of books in relation to such graffiti.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; GRAFFITI; BOOK margins; MARGINALIA; ENGLISH inscriptions; SIGNATURES (Writing); HISTORY of material culture; MANNERS &; customs; HISTORY
- Publication
Huntington Library Quarterly, 2010, Vol 73, Issue 3, p363
- ISSN
0018-7895
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/hlq.2010.73.3.363