A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600.

Age-induced minor signs of wear, smaller spots on cover. - CONTENTS--INTRODUCTION . I--GLOSSARY OF TERMS . 8--SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY . 9--The Roman System of Scripts 14--Plate 1 Square Capitals . 16--Rustic Capitals . 18--Old Roman Cursive . 20--Literary Cursive . 22--Plate 5 Uncial . 24--Half-Uncial . 26--Cursive Half-Uncial . 28--New Roman Cursive . 30--The National Hands 32--Plate 9 Ravenna Chancery Script . 34 Plate 13 Luxeuil Minuscule . 42--10 Merovingian Chancery Script . 36 14 German Minuscule . 44--11 Merovingian Uncial and B Minuscule .38 15 Visigothic Minuscule . 46--12 �Corbie� AB Minuscule . 40--The Insular System of Scripts 48--Plate 16 Insular Half-Uncial and Display Script . 50 Plate 18 Insular Set Minuscule . 54--17 Insular Hybrid Minuscule . 52 19 Insular Cursive Minuscule . 56--Anglo'Saxon Scripts 58--Plate 20 Anglo/Saxon Pointed Minuscule . 60--Plate 22 Anglo/Saxon Round Minuscule and--21 Anglo/Saxon Square Minuscule . 62--Anglo/Caroline Minuscule . 64--Caroline Minuscule 66--Plate 23 Continental Caroline Minuscule^ . 68 Plate 24 English Caroline Minuscule . 70--Protogothic Script 72--Plate 25 Continental Protogothic Book Script . 74 Plate 27 Protogothic Documentary Script . 78--26 English Protogothic Book Script . 76--The Gothic System of Scripts 80--Plate 28 Textualis Prescissa . 82--29 Textualis Quadrata . 84--Textualis SempQuadrata . 86--Textualis Rotunda . 88--Littera Glossularis . 90--3 English Cursive Documentary Script, S. XIII1" . 92--English Cursive Documentary Script, S. XIII2 . 94--English Cursive Documentary Script, S. XIV . 96--English Cursive Book Script . 98--Plate 37 Bastard Anglicana . 100--Hybrida . 102--Later German Cursive with Fere/Textualis . 104--Secretary . 106--Bastard Secretary . 108--B�rde . no--Later Secretary and Court Hands . 112--Mixed Hand . 114--Italian Scripts 116--Plate 45 Beneventan Minuscule . 118--46 Papal Documentary Script . 120--47 Littera Gothica Textualis Rotunda Italiana and--Glossularis Italiana . 122--The Humanistic System of Scripts 126--Plate 49 Semigothic Cursive . 128--50 Humanistic Book Script . 130--Plate 51 Humanistic Cursive Book Script . 1;--52 Humanistic Cursive . 134--appendix � Some Common Abbreviations . 136--INDEX OF SCRIPTS . 137--INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS . 138--PUBLISHED REPRODUCTIONS OF MSS IN THIS--VOLUME . 138 ISBN 9780802072061