Bernhard Bischoff

Latin Palaeography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the history of Latin script, containing a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renaissance, which outlines the history of book illumination. It is designed as a textbook and contains a full bibliography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780521367264
• ISBN-10: 0521367263
• Artikelnr.: 21599173

Inhaltsangabe

List of abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Codicology: 1. Writing materials and writing tools
2. The external characteristics of the written heritage
3. Writing and copying
Part II. The History of Latin Script: 4. Latin script in antiquity
5. Latin handwriting in the Middle Ages
6. Supplement
Part III. The Manuscript in Cultural History: 7. Roman and Christian antiquity
Plates
Bibliography
Index of names and subjects.