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Historical Scripts: From Classical Times to the Renaissance
Historical Scripts From Classical Times to the Renaissance Author:Stan Knight "Historical Scripts," second revised edition, is an excellent survey of bookhands with its full-page, enlarged illustrations and solidly researched sources. It is a useful text for studying the history of manuscripts as well as the details of letter construction. This work also helps one make judgments about the technical condition of letter w... more »riting and its qualities of rhythm and movement, possible only when consulting an original manuscript. The author has obtained photographs that reveal the tactile qualities of surfaces, ink tone, and flow. The author has chosen examples of formal writing that show a coherent and reasonably consistent relationship between methods of tool use and letter formation.« less