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extending the dimensions of the private author in space and
time. But to the student of manuscript culture, as Goldschmidt
says (p. 88): “One thing is immediately obvious: before 1500
or thereabouts people did not attach the same importance to
ascertaining the precise identity of the author of a book they
were reading or quoting as we do now. We very rarely find them
discussing such points.”
Oddly enough, it is a consumer-oriented culture that is
concerned about authors and labels of authenticity. Manuscript
culture was producer-oriented, almost entirely a do-it-yourself
culture, and naturally looked to the relevance and usability of
items rather than their sources.
The practice of multiplying literary texts by
typography has brought about such a profound change