Vocabulary

Question 1

Codicology

Answer 1

Study of codexes and manuscripts. Study of the literal object and construction and the like not on the written content

Question 2

epigraphy

Answer 2

study of things written on stone

Question 3

manuscript

Answer 3

any book, page, or pamphlet produced and written by hand. Not printed

Question 4

script

Answer 4

general type of writing (font)

Question 5

scribe

Answer 5

individual’s writing style or the individual themself

Question 6

vellum

Answer 6

parchment made of calf skin, the highest grade

Question 7

parchment

Answer 7

writing material made of animal skin. can be made of anything but often calf, goat or lamb

Question 8

quire

Answer 8

all the folios made from one skin

Question 9

folio

Answer 9

one page front and back

Question 10

recto

Answer 10

front page of folio

Question 11

verso

Answer 11

back page of folio

Question 12

paleography

Answer 12

study of old writing

Question 13

mise-en-page

Answer 13

literally means “put on page” physical arrangement of text. Often two columns in Irish manuscripts

Question 14

hand

Answer 14

individual scribe’s writing style

Question 15

ductus

Answer 15

the angle and forcefulness the scribe uses when making downstrokes