Author: British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1903- .
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Facsimiles of Royal and Other Charters in the British Museum ...
Author: British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1903- .
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1903- .
ISBN:
Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Facsimiles of Royal and Other Charters in the British Museum
Author: George F. Warner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Facsimiles of Royal & Other Charters in the British Museum ... Edited by G.F. Warner ... and H.J. Ellis
Author: British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Catalogue of Works Dealing with the Study of Western Palæography
Author: University of London. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A Catalogue of ... [books] ...
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 2634
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 2634
Book Description
Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes
Author: M.B. Parkes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351880063
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
This new book by Malcolm Parkes makes a fundamental contribution to the history of handwriting. Handwriting is a versatile medium that has always allowed individual scribes the opportunity for self-expression, despite the limitations of the pen and the finite number of possible movements.The purpose of this study is to focus on the writing of scribes from late antiquity to the beginning of the sixteenth century, and to identify those features which are a scribe's personal contribution to the techniques and art of handwriting. The book opens with three chapters surveying the various environments in which scribes worked in the medieval West. The following five, based on the author's Lyell Lectures at the University of Oxford, then examine different aspects of the subject, starting with the basic processes of handwriting and copying. Next come discussions of developments in rapid handwriting, with its consequent influence on new alphabets; on more formal 'set hands'; and on the adaptation of movements of the pen to produce elements of style corresponding to changes in the prevailing sense of decorum. The final chapter looks at the significance of some customized images produced by handwriting on the page. The text is illustrated with 69 plates, and accompanied by a glossary of the technical terms applied to handwriting, which in itself makes a significant contribution to the subject.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351880063
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
This new book by Malcolm Parkes makes a fundamental contribution to the history of handwriting. Handwriting is a versatile medium that has always allowed individual scribes the opportunity for self-expression, despite the limitations of the pen and the finite number of possible movements.The purpose of this study is to focus on the writing of scribes from late antiquity to the beginning of the sixteenth century, and to identify those features which are a scribe's personal contribution to the techniques and art of handwriting. The book opens with three chapters surveying the various environments in which scribes worked in the medieval West. The following five, based on the author's Lyell Lectures at the University of Oxford, then examine different aspects of the subject, starting with the basic processes of handwriting and copying. Next come discussions of developments in rapid handwriting, with its consequent influence on new alphabets; on more formal 'set hands'; and on the adaptation of movements of the pen to produce elements of style corresponding to changes in the prevailing sense of decorum. The final chapter looks at the significance of some customized images produced by handwriting on the page. The text is illustrated with 69 plates, and accompanied by a glossary of the technical terms applied to handwriting, which in itself makes a significant contribution to the subject.
Kingship, Lordship and Sanctity in Medieval Britain
Author: Steven Boardman
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783277165
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Essays reconsidering key topics in the history of late medieval Scotland and northern England.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783277165
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Essays reconsidering key topics in the history of late medieval Scotland and northern England.
King Stephen
Author: Edmund King
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300170106
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its "nineteen long winters" of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, Edmund King shows with rare clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Keeping Stephen at the forefront of his account, the author also chronicles the activities of key family members and associates whose loyal support sustained Stephen's kingship. In 1135 the popular Stephen was elected king against the claims of the empress Matilda and her sons. But by 1153, Stephen had lost control over Normandy and other important regions, England had lost prestige, and the weakened king was forced to cede his family's right to succession. A rich narrative covering the drama of a tumultuous reign, this book focuses well-deserved attention on a king who lost control of his destiny.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300170106
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its "nineteen long winters" of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, Edmund King shows with rare clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Keeping Stephen at the forefront of his account, the author also chronicles the activities of key family members and associates whose loyal support sustained Stephen's kingship. In 1135 the popular Stephen was elected king against the claims of the empress Matilda and her sons. But by 1153, Stephen had lost control over Normandy and other important regions, England had lost prestige, and the weakened king was forced to cede his family's right to succession. A rich narrative covering the drama of a tumultuous reign, this book focuses well-deserved attention on a king who lost control of his destiny.