Coulson, Frank T.
(ed.)
Babcock, Robert G.
(ed.)
Editorial: Oxford University Press
Colección: Oxford Handbooks
Número de páginas: 1080 págs. 24.8 x 17.1 cm
Fecha de edición: 04-04-2023
EAN: 9780197689707
ISBN: 978-0-19-768970-7
Precio (sin IVA): 52,14 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 54,23 €
Latin books are among the most numerous surviving artifacts of the Late Antique, Mediaeval, and Renaissance periods in European history; written in a variety of formats and scripts, they preserve the literary, philosophical, scientific, and religious heritage of the West. This handbook surveys these books, with special emphasis on the variety of scripts in which they were written. It includes essays on major types of script (Uncial, Insular, Beneventan, Visigothic, Gothic, etc.), describing what defines these distinct script types, and outlining when and where they were used.