Latin Palaeography - Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bischoff Bernhard, Bernard Bischoff, Bernhard Bischoff
• Con la collaborazione di: Daibhm O. Croinin (Traduzione), Daibhm O. Cróinin (Traduzione), David Ganz (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.04.1990
• EAN: 9780521367264
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36726-4
• Pagine: 302
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie