This work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script.
The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography surveys these books, with special emphasis on the variety of scripts in which they were written.
He extensively revised and expanded it for this 1912 edition, incorporating numerous facsimile plates.
A detailed and highly illustrated survey of medieval book hands, essential for graduate students and scholars of the period.
In this book, Michael Gorman has selected and translated seven of his classic essays on aspects of eighth- and ninth-century culture.
... The text included in this reader is Jacobus de Voragine's abridged Latin version of the legend of Saints Barlaam and Josaphat.
The texts chosen cover areas of interest to students of medieval history, philosophy, theology, and literature.
The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography surveys these books, with special emphasis on the variety of scripts in which they were written.
"This book provides an orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies. It will be of help to students in history, art history, literature, and religious studies who are encountering...
This book makes available for the first time in paperback the results of an important interdisciplinary conference held at Rutgers University in 1989.