Scribes, Script, and Books: The Book Arts from Antiquity to the RenaissanceThis 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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