Scribes, script and books :
Avrin, Leila
Scribes, script and books : the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance / Leila Avrin ; illustrations by Malla Carl and Noah Ophir. - xxxii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps - ALA classics . - ALA classics. .
Originally published in 1991.
Writing -- The alphabet -- The book in the ancient world: Mesopotamia -- The Egyptian book -- The Hebrew book -- The Greek and Hellenistic book -- The Roman book -- Latin script -- Codices manu scripti: books written by hand -- Manuscript illumination -- The Islamic book -- Papermaking -- Bookbinding -- On the eve of printing.
9780838910382
Books--History.
Writing--History.
Manuscripts--History.
Scriptoria--History.
Scribes--History.
686
Scribes, script and books : the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance / Leila Avrin ; illustrations by Malla Carl and Noah Ophir. - xxxii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps - ALA classics . - ALA classics. .
Originally published in 1991.
Writing -- The alphabet -- The book in the ancient world: Mesopotamia -- The Egyptian book -- The Hebrew book -- The Greek and Hellenistic book -- The Roman book -- Latin script -- Codices manu scripti: books written by hand -- Manuscript illumination -- The Islamic book -- Papermaking -- Bookbinding -- On the eve of printing.
9780838910382
Books--History.
Writing--History.
Manuscripts--History.
Scriptoria--History.
Scribes--History.
686