The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books: From the Twelfth to the Early Sixteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780521803151 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 326 str.

Albert Derolez; David Ganz; Tessa Webber

Opis

Albert Derolez has developed new terminology for describing the different scripts in this detailed study of handwriting in manuscript books produced in western and central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530. This makes Derolez's survey unique and an ideal tool for all interested in late-medieval book and handwriting culture. The text is illustrated with 600 drawings of letter-forms and 160 photographs of parts of manuscripts reproduced to actual-size.

Recenzje

'… generously illustrated … Derolez has proposed a practical and satisfactory framework … equips the interested reader with a series of useful questions to ask when looking at script, and provides guidelines for interpreting the answers …' The Library

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The manuscript book in the late Middle Ages; 2. The Carolingian heritage; 3. Praegothica; 4. Northern textualis; 5. Southern textualis and semitextualis; 6. Cursive scripts in general; 7. Cursiva antiquior; 8. Cursiva; 9. Hybrida and semihybrida; 10. Gothico-humanistica and other 'hors systeme' scripts; Appendix; Abbreviated sources; Select bibliography; Index of manuscripts reproduced in the plates; General index; Plates.