Cambridge University Press, 1990. Paperback. Very good softcover with sun faded wraps. The spine is lightly color faded. Faint tanning the inside color and around the text block but does not affect the text. 8vo. (6 x 0.81 x 9 inches). Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes a list of abbreviations, bibliography, index of manuscript cited, index of names and subjects, and an index of author's sited. 302 pp.

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ISBN: 9780521367264

First published in 1979, 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. It contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renaissance and outlines the history of book illumination. By setting the development of Latin script in its cultural context, it provides an unrivalled introduction to the nature of medieval Latin culture.

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