English Royal Signatures.
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. More
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EXPLICATIO FORMARUM LITTERARUM: The Unfolding of Letterforms from the First Century to the Fifteenth.
The Calligraphy Connection, 1990, First Edition. large quarto, sheets spiral bound with a glossy boards cover, as issued. noncontinuous pagination with many fold-out pages. The Calligraphy Connection, "...a book that successfully captures the dynamic and evolutionary characteristics of medieval scripts....The core of the book is eighteen plates that illustrate the..... More
Ruling the Script in the Middle Ages. Formal Aspects of Written Communication (Books, Charters, and Inscriptions).
Brepols, 2017, First Edition. octavo, pictorial boards. 545 pp. Brepols, The textuality and materiality of documents are an essential part of their communicative role. Medieval writing, as part of the interpersonal communication process, had to follow rules to ensure the legibility and understanding of a text and its connotations. This..... More
The Calligrapher's Dictionary.
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1990), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 144pp. Thames and Hudson, Over 1,500 entries covering a complete range of topics, from writing surfaces, materials and tools, to prominent figures in the development of calligraphy. Illumination is discussed in depth, with entries on pigments, burshes..... More
Historical Scripts. From Classical Times to the Renaissance.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998, Second, Revised and Expanded edition. Originally published in 1984. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (112)pp. Oak Knoll Press, From the Foreword by Ewan Clayton: "Historical Scripts is a book for the historian, the Palaeographer, the calligrapher, the typographer and anyone with an..... More
Historical Scripts. From Classical Times to the Renaissance.
London: Adam & Charles Black, (1984), First Edition. large quarto, printed boards. not paginated. Adam & Charles Black, From the Introduction, "The craft of calligraphy has a 2000-year history in the Western world. Up to the time of the Renaissance, calligraphy was the only means of preserving literature, and so..... More
The Beneventan Script. A History of the South Italian Minuscule.
(Sandpiper, 1999), Facsimile reprint. octavo, dark blue boards in dust jacket. (xx), (386) pp. (Sandpiper , A classic study in regional palaeography, Loew's essay (first published in 1914) traces the development and decline of the script that originated in the scriptorium of the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino in the..... More
Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays Presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th Birthday.
New York: October House, (1966), First American Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xxiii, (287)pp. October House, A section devoted to palaeography includes original work by Professor B. L. Ullman, and Dr. R. W. Hunt, who writes a fascinating account of a Pliny which once belonged to the scribe Coluccio..... More
Early Drama, Art, and Music Documents. A Paleography Handbook.
Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 1993, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (iv), 135 pp. Western Michigan University, Illustrated. New. More
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