Music and Medieval Manuscripts: Paleography and Performance 
Subtitle: Essays Dedicated to Andrew Hughes
Contributors: John Haines (Editor); Randall Rosenfeld (Editor); Andrew Hughes (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780754609919
Subjects: Musical scores, lyrics & libretti; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Manuscripts; 500-1400; Music/Songbooks; Music; Manuscripts, Medieval; General; 15th century; History & Criticism - General
First sentence: In the history of Western handwriting, Humanistic script has an importance that surpasses that of all other types of handwriting, because it is the direct ancestor of the printed Roman type now in use in the whole Western world and may be considered one of the great creations of the human mind.