In Praise of Scribes
Peter (Director and Manuscript Expert, Director and Manuscript Expert, Sotheby's, London) Beal
Oxford University Press, 1998
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In Praise of Scribes is a major contribution to manuscript studies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With case studies ranging from anonymous scribes to Sir Philip Sidney, John Donne, and Katherine Philips, this profusely illustrated book shows what wide-ranging use can be made of material evidence, and helps to define the nature of manuscript culture in this period.
- ISBN-13
- 9780198184713
- ISBN-10
- 0198184719
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Publication date
- 1998-07-30
- Pages
- 339
- Dimensions
- 256x200x27
- Weight
- 856