Latin palaeography
Subtitle: antiquity and the Middle Ages
By: Bernhard Bischoff ; translated by Dáibhí ó Cróinin and David Ganz.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Paleography, Latin.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Manuscripts, Medieval.; Paleography.
Description: Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script. It also contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renaissance, which outlines the history of book illumination.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 239-259.
Translation of: Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalters.
"Published in association with the Medieval Academy of Ireland.
Includes indexes.