Beneventan Script, The: A History of the South Italian Minuscule

Loew, E.A.

ISBN 10: 0199240159 / ISBN 13: 9780199240159

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1999

About this Item

First Sandpiper edition. Facsimile of the 1914 edition. NF/NF. Hardcover; octavo; blue cloth; gilt titles; 384 pp.; b/w illustrations; very slight rubbing to jacket. A crisp, clean copy. Protected in an archival Brodart cover.

Seller Inventory # 006104

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beneventan Script, The: A History of the South Italian Minuscule
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199240159
• ISBN 13: 9780199240159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The beneventan script was a medieval script which originated in the Duchy of Benevento in southern Italy. It was also called Langobarda, Longobarda, Longobardisca (signifying its origins with the Lombards), or sometimes Gothica; it was first called Beneventan by palaeographer E. A. Lowe. In this book he gives a detailed, informed history of its development.