Main entry:

Avrin, Leila, author.

Title & Author:

Scribes, script and books : the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance / Leila Avrin ; illustrations by Malla Carl and Noah Ophir.

Publication:

Chicago, IL : American Library Association ; London : The British Library, 1991.
[Ann Arbor, Michigan] : Edwards Brothers, Inc., [1991]
©1991

Description:

xxxii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-350) and index.
Writing -- The alphabet -- The book in the ancient world : Mesopotamia -- The Egyptian book -- The Hebrew book -- The Greek and Hellenistic book -- The Roman book -- Latin script -- Codices manu scripti : books written by hand -- Manuscript illumination -- The Islamic book -- Papermaking -- Bookbinding -- On the eve of printing.

ISBN:

0838905226 (alk. paper ; US)
9780838905227 (alk. paper ; US)
071230245X (alk. paper ; UK)
9780712302456 (alk. paper ; UK)

Subject:

Books History.
Writing History.
Manuscripts History.
Scriptoria History.
Scribes History.
Books history
Writing history
Manuscripts history.
Livres Histoire.
Écriture Histoire.
Manuscrits Histoire.
Scriptoriums Histoire.
Scribes Histoire.
Books
Manuscripts
Scribes
Scriptoria
Writing
Schrift.
Handschriften.
Books Making History

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Carl, Malla, 1926- illustrator.
Ophir, Noah, illustrator.
Edwards Brothers, Inc., printer.

Book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 110971
Call No.: ID Z4.A88 REF; ID:94-B657
Status: Available