Scribes, script, and books : the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance

Examines the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved in paper-making and book-binding. It provides a greater understanding of ancient books and texts, and includes more than 300 plates and illustrations. Writing - The alphabet - Books in the Ancient World : Mesopotamia - Egyptian book - Hebrew book - Greek and Hellenistic book - Roman book - Latin script - Codices Manu Scripti : Books written by hand - Manuscript illumination - Islamic book - Papermaking - Bookbinding - On the eve of printing - Library at Alexandria Co-published with the British Library, this text examines the origins of the book, the book in the ancient world, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, and the making of manuscripts through the centuries.