A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600

Brown, Michelle P.

ISBN 10: 0802072062 / ISBN 13: 9780802072061

Editore: University of Toronto Press, 1993

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Riassunto:

For readers who wish to trace the evolution of scripts in the West from antiquity to the early modern period, and who want to read the work of their scribes, this volume provides a wide-ranging collection of materials supported by 55 full-page illustrations from manuscripts. Brown provides a synopsis of each of the major phases of development, a bibliography at the beginning of each section, and comments on regional and chronological diffusion where appropriate. Each plate is accompanied by a facing page of commentary giving a brief description of the manuscript and its script, followed by a transcription of the text.

Informazioni sugli autori: Michelle P. Brown is a curator of Western Manuscripts in the British Library and author of several books, including A Guide to Western Historical Scripts and The Book of Cerne.


Michelle Brown is Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at The British Library. Her previous publications include The Book of Cerne (UTP 1996), and The Historical Source Book for Scribes (with Patricia Lovett, UTP 1999).

Michelle P. Brown has taught Palaeography and History at the University of London and The British Library.

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Titolo: A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from ...
Casa editrice: University of Toronto Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1993
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good
Edizione: seconda edizione