Introduction to manuscript studies / Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham
2007, First Edition. Ithaca, New York ; London : Cornell University Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #395026
ISBN: 9780801487088
Physical description; xvi, 301 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index. Contents; Writing supports -- Text and decoration -- Correction, glossing, and annotation -- Assembling, binding, and storing the completed manuscript -- Working with medieval manuscripts -- Punctuation and abbreviation -- Encounters with damaged manuscripts -- Assessing manuscript origin and provenance -- Manuscript description -- Selected scripts -- The Bible and related texts -- Liturgical books and their calendars -- Books of hours -- Charters and cartularies -- Maps -- Rolls and scrolls -- Appendix : tools for the study of medieval Latin / by Anders Winroth -- Glossary. Subjects; Manuscripts, Medieval. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern). Paleography, Latin. Codicology.
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