A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 by
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.
Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages by
A comprehensive account of the history of Latin script. It also contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renaissance, which outlines the history of book illumination.
The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books by
A survey of all book scripts in use in western and central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530 (with the exception of Humanistic script).
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