A dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450 to 2000 / Peter Beal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beal, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, English--Terminology--Dictionaries.

Manuscripts, English.

Nonbook materials--Great Britain--Terminology--Dictionaries.

Nonbook materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first dictionary of its kind a leading expert on English manuscripts defines some 1,500 terms, including types of manuscript, their physical features, writing implements, writing surfaces, scribes, scripts, postal markings, and seals, as well as those relating to literature, bibliography, editing, dating, conservation, cartography, commerce, heraldry, law, and military and naval matters. - ;This is the first Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology ever to be published. Dealing with the subject of documentation - which affects everyone's lives (from every-day letters, notes, and sho

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Illustrations; A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450-2000; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Select Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-457).

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-34170-3

9786611341701

0-19-153274-6

1-4356-4222-8

OCLC:

233792560