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 f...

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Main Author:	Thompson, Edward Maunde 1840-1929 (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Classics
Subjects:	Paleography, Greek Paleography, Latin Lateinische Schrift Griechische Schrift Geschichte
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	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
Item Description:	Originally published Oxford by Clarendon Press in 1912. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 600 pages)
ISBN:	9781139833790
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139833790