by PeterBeal (Author)
A leading expert on English manuscripts defines some 1,500 terms. Includes types of manuscript, their physical features, writing implements, writing surfaces, scribes, scripts, postal markings, seals, and terms relating to literature, bibliography, editing, dating, conservation, cartography, commerce, heraldry, law, and military and naval matters.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 478
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 19 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0199576122
ISBN 13: 9780199576128