Latin Bookhands of the Later Middle Ages 1100-1500

Latin paleography of the classical period and beyond the Carolingian era has been well studied and described. But from about 1100 onwards we find a period of increasing national divergence in the character of book-hands used for writing, formal MSS. In this book Professor Thomson provides 132 characteristic specimens of the period 1100-1500, reproduced by lithography (in all cases in the original size). He excludes curial or chancery hands. Opposite each plate is a transcription of several lines. Above this, Professor Thomson provides comments on the distinguishing characteristics of the script. Cumulatively, the effect of these analyses is to provide a method of dating late medieval MSS and ascribing them to their country of origin.

Author: S. Harrison Thomson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/11/2008
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780521086745

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