The manuscript book
Subtitle: a compendium of codicology
By: Maria Luisa Agati ; translated by Colin W. Swift ; indexes by Laura Albiero
Contributors: Swift, Colin W., translator; Albiero, Laura, contributor
Edition: Revised and updated English edition.
Series: Studia archaeologica -- 214; Studia archaeologica ("Erma" di Bretschneider) -- 214.
Publisher: "L'ERMA" di Brettschneider
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9788891309860; 9788891309884
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Codicology; Medieval Manuscripts
Work titles: Libro manoscritto
Notes: First Italian edition published in 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-505) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The study of the handwritten book or codicology; title: Writing supports before paper; title: Paper; title: The morphology of the book; title: The codex. Materiel organization of quire; title: Preparing the page. Preliminary operations; title: The mise-en page; title: Transcribing the test; title: Reading between the lines: traces left by the scribe , a valuable sources of information; title: Illumination; title: The binding; title: A history of the manuscript book. Circulation, use, conservation, cataloguing.