Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times : their art and their technique
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- Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times : their art and their technique
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Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times : their art and their technique
Author: Middleton, J. H. (John Henry), 1846-1896
Year: 1892
TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface and List of Authorities. Page xiii to xix. List of Illustrations. Page xxi to xxiv. CHAPTER I Page 1 to 10. Classical Manuscripts written with a Stilus. Survival of classical methods in mediaeval times ; epigraphy and palaeography ; manuscripts on metal plates ; lead rolls ; tin rolls ; gold amulets ; Petelia tablet ; waxed tablets and diptychs ; tablets shown on gems and coins ; tablets found in tombs ; tablets from Pompeii ; Consular diptychs ; many-leaved tablets ; the form of the waxed tablets ; whitened boards used by the Greeks ; late survival of tablets ; "bidding the beads ; " lists of members of guilds ; wooden book in Norway ; ivory tablets and diptychs ; inscribed Anglo-Saxon lead tablet ; " horn-books." CHAPTER II. Page 11 to 30. Classical Manuscripts written with Pen and Ink. Two forms of manuscripts, the roll and the codex ; Egyptian Books of the Dead ; Book of Ani ; existing manuscripts on papyrus ; the library of papyrus rolls found at Herculaneum ; Herodotus on manuscripts ; use of parchment ; manuscripts on linen ; inscribed potsherds or ostraka; manuscripts on leaves of trees ; Greek libraries ; Roman libraries ; a list of the public li