A Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up to 1500

Roberts, Jane

ISBN 10: 0712348840 / ISBN 13: 9780712348843

Published by The British Library, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up to 1500
• Publisher: The British Library
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712348840
• ISBN 13: 9780712348843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Despite a resurgence of interest in the history of the English language, this work is the only book available to introduce readers to the scripts used in Old and Middle English writing. The best way to understand changes in scripts across time is through visual examples, and this highly illustrated book reveals precisely how Middle English is different from Old English and how these gradual changes have developed. Images from important literary texts such as Caedmon’s “Hymn” and the Lindisfarne Gospels demonstrate the chronological progression of the writing.

About the Author

Jane Roberts is an emeritus professor of English in the University of London.