TY - SER AU - Leila Avrin CY - Chicago, IL LA - English N1 - Contents: 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. PB - American Library Association PP - Chicago, IL PY - 1991 SN - 9780838905227 EP - 356 pp. TI - Scribes, Script, and Books: The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance ER -