TY - BOOK AU - Avrin,Leila AU - Carl,Malla AU - Ophir,Noah TI - Scribes, script and books: the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance T2 - ALA classics SN - 9780838910382 U1 - 686 PY - 2010///] CY - Chicago, London PB - American Library Association, British Library KW - Books KW - History KW - Writing KW - Manuscripts KW - Scriptoria KW - Scribes N1 - 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 ER -