Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages - Softcover

Bischoff, Bernhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521367263 ISBN 13: 9780521367264

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

First published in 1979, this work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script. It contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renaissance and outlines the history of book illumination. By setting the development of Latin script in its cultural context, it provides an unrivalled introduction to the nature of medieval Latin culture.

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This work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, 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. Designed as a textbook, it contains a full and updated bibliography.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521367263
• ISBN 13: 9780521367264
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302