A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 - Softcover

Brown, Michelle P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802072062 ISBN 13: 9780802072061

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1993

Synopsis

For readers who wish to trace the evolution of scripts in the West from antiquity to the early modern period, and who want to read the work of their scribes, this volume provides a wide-ranging collection of materials supported by 55 full-page illustrations from manuscripts. Brown provides a synopsis of each of the major phases of development, a bibliography at the beginning of each section, and comments on regional and chronological diffusion where appropriate. Each plate is accompanied by a facing page of commentary giving a brief description of the manuscript and its script, followed by a transcription of the text.

About this title

About the Author

Michelle P. Brown is a curator of Western Manuscripts in the British Library and author of several books, including A Guide to Western Historical Scripts and The Book of Cerne.

From the Back Cover

'What the book represents, in essence, is a mini correspondence course in palaeography. ... In a clear and coherent manner, moreover, Brown describes the function of various national hands and how they developed one from the other. ...An untrained student or interested researcher might use the texts and transcriptions as a means of developing expertise before embarking on a program of research'

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802072062
• ISBN 13: 9780802072061
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 138