A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600University of Toronto Press, 1 Oca 1993 - 138 sayfa For readers who wish to trace the evolution of scripts in the West from antiquity to the early modern period, and who want to read the work of their scribes, this volume provides a wide-ranging collection of materials supported by 55 full-page illustrations from manuscripts. Brown provides a synopsis of each of the major phases of development, a bibliography at the beginning of each section, and comments on regional and chronological diffusion where appropriate. Each plate is accompanied by a facing page of commentary giving a brief description of the manuscript and its script, followed by a transcription of the text. |
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Plate Square Capitals | 16 |
The Roman System of Scripts | 24 |
Ravenna Chancery Script | 32 |
German Minuscule | 44 |
Insular HalfUncial and Display Script | 51 |
AngloSaxon Scripts | 58 |
Caroline Minuscule | 66 |
Continental Protogothic Book Script | 75 |
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abbreviation bar Anglo-Saxon Antiquity ascenders atq(ue book production British Library British Museum calligraphic Caroline minuscule Carolingian century chancery codicological Collection in 1757 colophon cursiva anglicana cursive script Decoration consists descenders display script distinctive documentary script double bounding lines ductus England English Caroline ENGLISH CURSIVE entered the British example foliate folio formal glossularis Gothic book script grade Half-Uncial head Humanistic hybrida ih(es)u influence initial inscription Insular Insular scripts Italian Italy Latin letter-forms letters libraria media ligature littera minuscula protogothica litterae notabiliores loops manuscripts marginal Medieval medium quality littera Merovingian nomen nomina sacra Note p(er papal Pricking and ruling Protogothic PROVENANCE punctuation punctus quality littera minuscula quia quire rectilinear ground Roman Cursive round Royal Collection Rubric Rustic Capitals scribe script littera Scriptorium Secretary semi-quadrata Semigothic serif stroke suprascript System of Scripts tall tironian TRANSCRIPTION Uncial Vatican City Visigothic ΙΟ