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English paleography and manuscript culture, 1500-1800 / Kathryn James.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Folio Z115.E5 J36 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Kathryn, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleography, English--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Paleography, English.
- Manuscripts, Renaissance--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, Renaissance.
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Manuscripts, English--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, English.
- Genre:
- Facsimiles.
- Manuals (Handbooks)
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
- Distribution:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, [[2020]
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: thinking about hands in early modern England
- Part one : writing materials and writers. Writing materials
- Textual structures
- Writing and writers
- Spaces for writing
- Part two : hands. Scripts and hands
- Part three : case studies. Penmanship and copybooks
- The hornbook and writing tables
- Notes and bound notebooks
- The index
- Endpapers and margins
- Pen trials
- Scribal publication
- Compositor and proof copies
- Letters and letter books
- Money : accounts and receipts
- Heraldry
- Property and rights : charters and deeds
- Court records
- Wills and inventories
- Scrap and waste
- Part four : exercises. How to transcribe
- Exercises
- Notes
- List of illustrations
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780300254358
- 0300254350
- OCLC:
- 1142969111
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