A guide to Western historical scripts from antiquity to 1600

Author

Brown, Michelle P.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

53 ill.; sel. bibliogr.; index ; 138 p. ; 1990

ISBN

0802058663

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Toronto (can)

Publication country

Canada

Abstract (en)

Paleographic study of Western European calligraphy, with fully analyzed and transcribed examples of 52 script styles, 1st-16th cs. Includes an appendix of abbreviations commonly used in manuscripts, and indices of script types and of the manuscripts reproduced.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination
• Calligraphy
• Europe, Western
• Palaeography
• 1900-2000

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure
• Calligraphie
• Europe occidentale
• Paléographie
• 1900-2000

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00428194

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