This edited volume qualitatively and quantitatively inquires into the vocabulary with which premodern texts seek to transport and shape their origins and the contexts of their composition. The volumes focus lies on a historically and semantically broad range of sources, which includes texts for practical use. Studies focusing on methodology reflect on how approaches from the digital humanities can advance the study of aesthetic vocabulary.

Manuel Braun, Stuttgart University, Germany; Marion Darilek and Annette Gerok-Reiter, Tübingen University, Germany.