[PDF.40ff] A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600

A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600

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 | #1098810 in Books |  University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |  1993-11-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.87 x.40 x8.66l,1.18 | File type: PDF | 138 pages

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||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Paleographer's Best Friend|By tad|Michelle Brown has gathered examples from just about all of the Classical, Late Antique, and medieval Latin book-hands, from the extremely difficult-to-decipher Roman cursive to the all-too-clear Caroline Minuscule. Good introductions are offered for each script as well as copious notes on scribal errors/alterations, distinctive traits, and de| ||'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

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. Eac...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600   |  Michelle P. Brown. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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