This selection of thirteen papers from the published and unpublished work of the late Professor Julian Brown is brought together as a tribute to one of the great palaeographers of his time. The book provides penetrating insights into the study of script, parchment, and illuminations, as well as into the wider contents of early history and art, and reveals the many facets of Brown's influence on recent palaeography.
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Brown, T.J.; Bately, J.M.; Brown, M.; Roberts, J. A.
ISBN: 0905203208 / ISBN-13: 9780905203201
Description: Previous owner's blindstamp on front free endpaper and Publisher's Note, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. Cloth, 8vo, 28 cm, 371 pp, 85 illustrations, 60 text figures. From the blurb: "This selection of published and unpublished papers by one of the most eminent palaeographers of our generation provides penetrating insights into the study of script, parchment and illumination, as well as into the wider contexts of early medieval history and art. The papers reveal the many facets of Julian Brown's work which have had such an influence on recent palaeography, as well as on the study ot Insular and Early English manuscripts...The Editors have arranged the papers in a thematic sequence with brief introductions to each section. They have left the content undisturbed, the bibliographical references have been brought up to date, and a body of illustrations demonstrates visually the detailed features of script, mise-en-page and decoration. Of particular importance is the chapter on 'Aspects of Palaeography', which should serve as a basic text for the study of the subject. A complete bibliography of Julian Brown's writings is also included. " Contents: Part One. Editors' Introduction to Part One; 1. Latin Palaeography since Traube; 2. Names of Scripts-a Plea to all Medievalists; 3. Aspects of Palaeography (I. What is Palaeography? II. Palaeogaphy: an Overview III. Palaeography: Latin and Western European Vernacular IV. Punctuation ); Part Two. Editors' Introduction to Part Two; 4. Northumbria and the Book of Kells; 5. The Distribution and Significance of Membrane prepared in the Insular Manner; 6. An Historical Introduction to the Use of Classical Latin Authors in the British Isles from the Fifth to the Eleventh Century; 7. Tradition, Imitation and Invention in Insular Handwriting of the Seventh and Eighth Centuries; 8. The Irish Element in the Insular System of Scripts to c. AD 85; 9. The Oldest Irish Manuscripts and their Late Antique Background; Part Three. Editors' Introduction to Part Three; 10. The St. Ninian's Isle Silver Hoard: The Inscriptions; 11. The Detection of Faked Literary Manuscripts (I. Introduction II. Points for Examination); Notes to the Text; Editors' Supplementary Bibliography; Bibliography of the Writings of T. J. Brown; Illustrations; Glossary; CLA Concordance of Manuscripts; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.
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Julian Brown; Editor-Janet Bateley; Editor-Michelle Brown; Editor-Jane Roberts
ISBN: 0905203208 / ISBN-13: 9780905203201
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Julian Brown; Editor-Janet Bateley; Editor-Michelle Brown; Editor-Jane Roberts
ISBN: 0905203208 / ISBN-13: 9780905203201
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