| Description |
xxxii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Writing : Embryo writing ; Systems and stages ; The ancestors of Western script -- The alphabet : Principle and system ; Diffusion of the alphabet -- The book in the ancient world of Mesopotamia ; History of Mesopotamia: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia ; Books: materials and techniques ; LIterature ; Illustration ; Scribes Colophons -- The Egyptian book : History and evidence ; Materials; Scrolls ; Titles and colophons ; Literature ; Illustrations ; Scribes -- The Hebrew book ; History ; Materials ; The making of a Torah scroll ; Scribes ; Books other than the Torah ; Development of the Hebrew codex: the middle ages ; Adornment and illumination of Hebrew manuscripts -- The Greek and Hellenistic book : History and evidence ; Materials ; The writing of a scroll ; Readers and scribes ; Colophons ; Literature ; Hellenism and the book ; Parchment -- The Roman book : History and literature ; Materials ; Publishers, scribes and readers ; Education ; From scroll to codex -- Latin script : Capitals ; Cursive scripts ; Uncials ; Minuscules ; Gothic script ; Humanistic script ; Calligraphy after the invention of printing -- Codices manu scripti: books written by hand : The monastery and literary tradition ; Materials ; Design and preparation of the codex ; The scribe ; Colophons ; The artist ; Women and books ; The late middle ages ; Sources of manuscripts -- Manuscript illumination : Methodology ; Early Christian and Byzantine manuscripts ; Hiberno-Saxon ; Carolingian Renaissance ; Ottonian ; Romanesque ; Gothic -- The Islamic book : Materials: papyrus, parchment, and paper ; Tools, inks, and paint ; Format ; Literature ; Script and scribes ; Illustration -- Papermaking : From the Far East to the Near East ; Spain ; Italy ; European methods ; New raw materials ; Innovations -- Bookbinding : Technique: forwarding ; Finishing ; History -- On the eve of printing : Block printing in the Far East and Near East ; Block printing in Europe ; Block books |
| Analysis |
Books History |
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Books Making History |
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Manuscripts History |
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Scribes History |
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Scriptoria History |
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Writing History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-350) |
| Subject |
Books -- History.
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Manuscripts -- History.
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Scribes -- History.
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Scriptoria -- History.
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Writing -- History.
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| LC no. |
89018024 |
| ISBN |
071230245X |
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0838905226 (alk. paper) |
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