Scribes, Script, and Books: The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	1991
Contributors	Author: Leila Avrin
Language	English
Number of Pages	356 pp.
Publisher	American Library Association
City	Chicago, IL
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Region	Africa Europe
Chronological Period	10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century Ancient Period (pre 500)
ISBN	9780838905227
Annotation	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.