Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up to 1500

Roberts, Jane

ISBN 10: 0712309039 / ISBN 13: 9780712309035

Editore: British Library, 2011

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Titolo: Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up...

Casa editrice: British Library

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: paperback

Condizione: Good

Tipologia articolo: book

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Riassunto:

Despite a resurgence of interest in the history of the English language, this work is the only book available to introduce readers to the scripts used in Old and Middle English writing. The best way to understand changes in scripts across time is through visual examples, and this highly illustrated book reveals precisely how Middle English is different from Old English and how these gradual changes have developed. Images from important literary texts such as Caedmon’s “Hymn” and the Lindisfarne Gospels demonstrate the chronological progression of the writing.

L'autore:

Jane Roberts is professor emeritus of English at the University of London.