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The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance

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"Scribes, Script, and Books" was published by American Library Association in 1991 - Chicago, the book is classified in Books genre, it has 356 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Scribes, Script, and Books
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 356
  • Is Family Friendly: Yes - No Mature Content
  • Publisher: American Library Association
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  • Publish Location: Chicago
  • Genres: Books - bibliography - History
  • Dewey Decimal Classification: 686002
  • Library of Congress Classification: Z4 .A88 1991

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Edition Specifications:

  • Number of Pages: ➤  xxxii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
  • Pagination: xxxii,356p. :

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"Scribes, Script, and Books" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Writing
  • 2- The alphabet
  • 3- The book in the ancient world : Mesopotamia
  • 4- The Egyptian book
  • 5- The Hebrew book
  • 6- The Greek and Hellenistic book
  • 7- The Roman book
  • 8- Latin script
  • 9- Codices manu scripti : books written by hand
  • 10- Manuscript illumination
  • 11- The Islamic book
  • 12- Papermaking
  • 13- Bookbinding
  • 14- On the eve of printing.

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This is an encyclopaedic history of the handmade book from antiquity to the Renaissance.

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This is an encyclopaedic history of the handmade book from antiquity to the Renaissance. It looks at the origins of the book, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved.

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