Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-205) and index.
Summary
A study of religious silence and sign language in an early medieval abbey.
Contents
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Dormant Language; Chapter 1 Uttering No Human Sound; Chapter 2 The Training of the Hand; Chapter 3 A Silent Commerce of Signs; Chapter 4 Transmission and Adaptation; Chapter 5 Continuity and Criticism; Conclusion; Appendix A The Cluniac Sign Lexicon; Bibliography; Index.
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