Palæography- Notes upon the History of Writing

Palæography- Notes upon the History of Writing

Bernard Quaritch, German-born British bookseller and collector (1819-1899)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Foreword

- The Beginnings Of Writing

- Writing In Egypt 5000 B.c

- Writing In Chaldæa, 4000 B.c

- Progress Of The Art, B.c. 2500-1500

- The Semitic Alphabet About 1700 B.c

- The Alphabet In European Greece, 800 B.c

- Writing In Italy From 700 To 100 B.c

- Roman Writing

- Indian Writing About 300 B.c

- Writing In Central Asia From 300 B.c

- Oriental Letters After The Beginning Of The Christian Era

- Spain And Gaul Under The Romans

- Influence Of The Bible Upon Writing

- Writing In Italy During The First Five Centuries Of The Christian Era

- The British Isles During The Roman Period

- The Goths And Germans

- Irish And British Writing

- Origin Of Mediæval Illumination

- Merowingian, Lombardic, Visigothic

- The Carolingian Renewal

- A Review At The Standpoint Of The Ninth Century

- Byzantine Work

- The Tenth Century

- Scandinavian Writing

- The Slavonic Alphabet

- The Labour Of Mediæval Scribes From The Ninth Century Onwards

- The Illuminated Mss. Of The Middle Ages

- The Chief Liturgical Books Distinguished

- The Fourteenth Century In Italy And Germany

- English Work In The Fourteenth Century

- French Work In The Fourteenth Century

- The Fifteenth Century

- Illuminated Borders In The Fifteenth Century

- End Of The Fifteenth Century

- Remarks On The Subjects Reproduced In The Plates