Latin palaeography : antiquity and the Middle Ages / Bernhard Bischoff ; translated by Dáibhí ó Cróinin and David Ganz.

Main entry:

Bischoff, Bernhard, 1906-1991.

Title & Author:

Latin palaeography : antiquity and the Middle Ages / Bernhard Bischoff ; translated by Dáibhí ó Cróinin and David Ganz.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Description:

xi, 291 pages, 50 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
"Published in association with the Medieval Academy of Ireland."
Translation of: Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and indexes.
A. Codicology -- Writing materials and writing tools -- The external characteristics of the written heritage -- Writing and copying -- B. The history of Latin script -- Latin script in antiquity -- Latin handwriting in the Middle Ages -- Supplement -- C. The manuscript in cultural history.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521364736 (hard)
9780521364737 (hard)
0521367263 (pbk.)
9780521367264 (pbk.)

Subject:

Paleography, Latin.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Paleography.
Manuscripts, Latin History.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) History.
Manuscripts, Medieval History.
Paléographie latine.
Manuscrits latins Histoire.
Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes Histoire.
Manuscrits médiévaux Histoire.
Paléographie.
Manuscrits latins.
Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes.
Manuscrits médiévaux.
paleography.
Paleografie.
Latijn.
Palaeography, history

Form/genre:

Printed books England Cambridge 20th century Specimens.
History.

Added entries:

Ganz, David, translator.
Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87558
Call No.: ID Z114.B5; ID:95-B4245
Status: Available

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