A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology
Subtitle: 1450 to 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: January 25, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780199265442
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; Genealogy; Non-book materials in libraries & archives; Palaeography (history of writing); Research methods: general; Social history; Language Arts & Disciplines; Sociology; Language; Books & Reading; Europe - Great Britain - General; Research; Social Science / Research; Reference; Dictionaries; Manuscripts, English; Terminology
Description: One of the world's leading experts on English manuscripts defines some 1,500 terms, including types of manuscript, their physical features, writing implements, writing surfaces, scribes, scripts, postal markings, and seals.