Scribes Scripts And Readers

Author : Malcolm Beckwith Parkes
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scribes, Scripts, and Readers written by Malcolm Beckwith Parkes and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of writing and reading in the middle ages is not only of direct importance to the understanding of its culture but also fascinating in its own right. Scribes, Scripts and Readers brings together fifteen essays by M.B. Parkes, the author of English Cursive Book Hands, 1250-1500. Centred on England and her direct neighbours, they deal with scribes and schools of writing, scribal techniques, and wider questions of communication in written language, literacy and the availability of books. This is a book of interest not only to palaeographers but also to historians, linguists, literary scholars and librarians.

Author : Leila Avrin
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838910386
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scribes, Script, and Books written by Leila Avrin and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this detailed overview of the history of the handmade book, Avrin looks at the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved in paper-making and book-binding. Readers will have a greater understanding of ancient books and texts with More than 300 plates and illustrations Examples of the different forms of writing from ancient times to the printing press Coverage of cultural and religious books Full bibliography Reference librarians and educators will find this resource indispensable.

Author : Orietta Da Rold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107102464
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts written by Orietta Da Rold and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the methods and knowledge required to understand how, why, and for whom manuscripts were made in medieval Britain.

Author : Christopher De Hamel
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802077073
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scribes and Illuminators written by Christopher De Hamel and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the work of medieval paper, parchment, and ink makers, scribes, illuminators, binders, and booksellers

Author : Gábor Hosszú
Publisher : Rovas Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9638843748
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heritage of Scribes written by Gábor Hosszú and published by Rovas Foundation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heritage of Scribes introduces the history and development of five members of the Rovash (pronounced “rove-ash”, other spelling: Rovas) script-family: the Proto-Rovash, the Early Steppean Rovash, the Carpathian Basin Rovash, the Steppean Rovash, and the Szekely-Hungarian Rovash. The historical and linguistic statements in the book are based on the published theories and statements of acknowledged scholars, historians, archaeologists, and linguists. The author provides detailed descriptions of the five Rovash scripts, presents their relationships, connections to other scripts, and explains the most significant rovash relics. Based on the discovered relations, the author introduces the systematic description of the rovash glyphs in the Rovash Atlas together with a comprehensive genealogy of each grapheme as well.

Author : Erik Kwakkel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110862765X
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Book in the Twelfth Century written by Erik Kwakkel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided into three sections: the technical aspects of making books; the processes and practices of reading and keeping books; and the transmission of texts in the disciplines that saw significant change in the period, including medicine, law, philosophy, liturgy, and theology. Richly illustrated, the volume provides the first in-depth account of book production as a European phenomenon.

Author : S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri
Publisher : Blautopf Publishing
ISBN 13 : 099817274X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Early Arabic Kufic Script written by S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri and published by Blautopf Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive textbook of the early Arabic Kufic script, written as a complete reference book for calligraphers, designers, and students of art history and the history of Arabic language and scripts. This beautiful and powerful script was derived from the earlier Hijazi Mashq style of Mecca and Medina, which was invented by early Muslim scribes to record the Quran. Today, the many historical manuscripts displayed in numerous museums around the world can attest to development and evolution of this remarkable and versatile script. Authored by master calligrapher, Mousavi Jazayeri, this book is the only book written in English that is solely dedicated to the study, learning and revival of the fascinating script behind the first mature Arabic calligraphic style, which was the official script of the Islamic Near East for centuries, before being replaced by the modern Naskh style. In this handbook, Mousavi Jazayeri who had discovered the lost art of cutting the qalam (pen) for early Kufic more than twenty years ago, explains with detailed, clear illustrations how to write early Kufic using a calligraphic pen and even a regular pen. He guides students patiently through the process involved in creating amazing, modern monograms. With clear, ample examples taken from the old Quranic manuscripts, art history students, font designers, and scholars of the history of the Arabic language and scripts can use this reference book to learn the key aspects of the early Kufic script as a writing system. Mr. Mousavi Jazayeri is joined by two co-authors, Perette E. Michelli, a multi-disciplinary historian of medieval and later art, and Saad D. Abulhab, a known Arabic type designer and independent scholar of the history of Arabic language and scripts. The two co-authors are members of the first international group dedicated to the study and revival of the early Kufic script, Kuficpedia, which was formed a few years ago around the historical achievements of Mr. Mousavi.

Author : M.B. Parkes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351912461
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pause and Effect written by M.B. Parkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its publication in 1992 Pause and Effect has become a cornerstone of the study of punctuation across the world. Described as 'magisterial' by Lynne Truss in her best-selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, this book has stimulated interest and scholarly debates among writers, literary critics, philosophers, linguists, rhetoricians, palaeographers and all those who study the use of language. To celebrate this extraordinary achievement, Pause and Effect has been republished in September 2008, coinciding with the publication of the author's new work, Their Hands Before Our Eyes. The first part of Pause and Effect identifies the graphic symbols of punctuation and deals with their history. It covers the antecedents of the repertory of symbols, as well as the ways in which the repertory was refined and augmented with new symbols to meet changing requirements. The second part offers a short general account of the principal influences which have contributed to the ways in which the symbols have been applied in texts, focusing on the evidence of the practice itself rather than on theorists. The treatment enables the reader to compare usages in different periods, and to isolate the principles which underlie the use of punctuation in all periods. The examples and plates which are at the core of the book provide the reader with an opportunity to test the author's observations. The examples are taken from a wide range of literary texts from different periods and languages. Latin texts are accompanied by English translation intended to illustrate the use of punctuation in the originals in so far as this is possible.

Author : John Chadwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linear B and Related Scripts written by John Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what is known about the ancient writing systems used by Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece.

Author : Elijah Hixson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004399917
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scribal Habits in Sixth-Century Greek Purple Codices written by Elijah Hixson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scribal Habits in Sixth-Century Greek Purple Codices looks at unique readings and scribal changes in three closely related manuscripts, N 022, O 023 and Σ 042, concluding that for these three Gospel books, singular readings do not reveal scribal habits.