Edward Maunde Thompson

An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study of the history and development of Greek and Latin handwriting from earliest times to the end of the fifteenth century is copiously illustrated with photographic plates. Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840â 1929) revised and expanded a shorter work of 1893 to produce this highly respected and illustrated edition in 1912.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 622
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1018g
• ISBN-13: 9781108061810
• ISBN-10: 1108061818
• Artikelnr.: 37502076

Inhaltsangabe

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.