The Renaissance reform of the book and Britain : the English Quattrocento / David Rundle.
The Renaissance reform of the book and Britain : the English Quattrocento / David Rundle.
The Renaissance reform of the book and Britain : the English Quattrocento / David Rundle.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/0571
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English
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Physical content
xxii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction the revival of letters and the uses of palaeography -- The eloquent page: humanism and script, humanism and England -- Humanist script in England: the first ten years -- British barbarians in Italy and Scotland's first humanist -- The Dutch connexion: the significance of Low Countries s...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"What has fifteenth-century England to do with the Renaissance? By challenging accepted notions of 'medieval' and 'early modern', David Rundle proposes a new understanding of English engagement with the Renaissance. He does so by focusing on one central element of the humanist agenda--the reform of the script and of the book more generally--to demo...
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The Renaissance reform of the book and Britain : the English Quattrocento / David Rundle.
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English Quattrocento
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Cambridge studies in palaeography and codicology ; [17]
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-317) and indexes.
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G 2020/0571
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ISBN
1107193435 hardcover alkaline paper
9781107193437 hardcover alkaline paper
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091.0941
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991024291016602626
