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Beschreibung
Principal librarian of the British Museum and eminent palaeographer, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840-1929) had originally produced a handbook on the history and development of Greek and Latin handwriting in 1893. He extensively revised and expanded it for this 1912 edition, incorporating numerous facsimile plates. Thompson begins his treatment with an introduction to the Greek and Latin alphabets, then surveys ancient writing materials and implements, and describes the use and development of scrolls and codices. Later chapters, accompanied by valuable illustrations, examine the different forms of first Greek then Latin handwritten texts, from the earliest surviving examples (fourth century BCE) to the end of the fifteenth century. Punctuation, accents and abbreviations are considered, and the various scripts - cursive, uncial, majuscule and miniscule - are all illustrated and examined. Tables of Greek and Latin literary and cursive alphabets are also provided.
Principal librarian of the British Museum and eminent palaeographer, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840-1929) had originally produced a handbook on the history and development of Greek and Latin handwriting in 1893. He extensively revised and expanded it for this 1912 edition, incorporating numerous facsimile plates. Thompson begins his treatment with an introduction to the Greek and Latin alphabets, then surveys ancient writing materials and implements, and describes the use and development of scrolls and codices. Later chapters, accompanied by valuable illustrations, examine the different forms of first Greek then Latin handwritten texts, from the earliest surviving examples (fourth century BCE) to the end of the fifteenth century. Punctuation, accents and abbreviations are considered, and the various scripts - cursive, uncial, majuscule and miniscule - are all illustrated and examined. Tables of Greek and Latin literary and cursive alphabets are also provided.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. History of the Greek and Latin alphabets; 2. Materials used to receive writing; 3. Materials used to receive writing (cont.); 4. Writing implements; 5. Forms of books; 6. Stichometry and colometry; 7. Abbreviations and contractions; 8. Greek palaeography; 9. Greek palaeography (cont.); 10. Greek palaeography (cont.); 11. Greek palaeography (cont.); 12. Greek palaeography (cont.); 13. Latin palaeography; 14. Latin palaeography (cont.); 15. Latin palaeography (cont.); 16. Latin palaeography (cont.); 17. Latin palaeography (cont.); 18. Latin palaeography (cont.); 19. Latin palaeography (cont.); Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781108061810
ISBN-10: 1108061818
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thompson, Edward Maunde
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 244 x 170 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Edward Maunde Thompson
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2013
Gewicht: 1,057 kg
Artikel-ID: 106024593