Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages

TitleLatin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1990
AuthorsBischoff, Bernhard
Number of Pages291 pp.
PublisherCambridge University Press
CityNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
ISBN521364736
Annotation

Translation of: Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters.

Contents:
Introduction
Part I. Codicology:
1. Writing materials and writing tools
2. The external characteristics of the written heritage
3. Writing and copying

Part II. The History of Latin Script: 4. Latin script in antiquity
5. Latin handwriting in the Middle Ages
6. Supplement
Part III. The Manuscript in Cultural History: 7. Roman and Christian antiquity
Plates
Bibliography
Index of names and subjects.

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