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Item Details
Title:
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A GUIDE TO WESTERN HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1600
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By: |
Michelle P. Brown |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0802072062 |
ISBN 13: |
9780802072061 |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS |
Pub. date: |
30 November, 1993 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
Pages: |
138 |
Description: |
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. |
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. |
Publication: |
Canada |
Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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