9780712309035 - Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings Up to 1500 de Roberts, Jane (5 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Various Ilustrador. Heavy paperback with glossy pages; some damage/tearing at the bottom of the spine; some writing in pen on free front endpaper; small rectangle of tacky adhesive left by a price tag Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condición: As New. xv 294p large heavy paperback, glossy black cover with colour parchment art, like new condition, free from wear, tight binding and unbent spine, clean and neat pages, no notes or marks, illustrations throughout, excellent copy Language: English Weight (g): 1297.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Card covers in tidy condition, creased on a rear corner, contents clean Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condición: Good. Spine, covers and corners somewhat worn slightly soiled. Front cover slightly creased. Light creasing to spine; Book.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> The general scope of this work is to give an overview of the variety of scripts used in the recording of English literature up to and a little beyond the introduction of print, a period too often broken up into Old English (or English up to and a little beyond the Norman Conquest of 1066) and Middle English (roughly from the Norman Conquest up to 1400 or to 1 525 or to some later date, according to the historical stance adopted). Further subdivisions refine on these period terms, for example early Middle English (or Middle English up to 6.1360), but such terms depend on assumptions made about the history of the English language and its literature, and the divisions indicated are often without particular relevance to the history of script. This book is for readers who want to explore how English was set down in writing before print became general. Its aim is to help readers to identify the sets of letter-forms in use and to understand their place in the history of script. The aim is two-fold because the readi.