Latin Palaeography

Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

This work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script. It also contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renaissance, which outlines the history of book illumination. Designed as a textbook, it contains a full and updated bibliography. Because the volume sets the development of Latin script in its cultural context, it also provides an unrivalled introduction to the nature of medieval Latin culture. It will be used extensively in the teaching of latin palaeography, and is unlikely to be superseded.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1990-04-12
Mått:151 x 228 x 25 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521367264
Översättare:Daibhm O. Cróinin, David Ganz, Daibhm O. Cróinin, Daibhm O. Croinin

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Recensioner i media

' … the combination of new ideas, the comprehensive treatment, the rich notes and bibliography, all complemented by the extraordinary judgement which is the hallmark of Professor Bischoff's writing, make this handbook unequalled and unapproached in our present literature and a superb guide to further study.' Speculum

Innehållsförteckning

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.