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Essays on Manuscripts and Rare Books
Essays on early manuscript fragments, medieval and renaissance texts, and early printed books, including the following: A manuscript fragment from Bedes Monastery; A manuscript of Charlemagne's Homiliarium; A bifolium from the Sacramentarium Gregorianum; Johannes Climacus' Ladder of divine ascent; Walter Burley's ‘De vita et moribus philosophorum’; The Apocryphal Abgarus-Jesus Epistles in England in the Middle Ages; A fourteenth-century argument for an international date line; Note on St. Basil's Address on reading Greek literature; Aesticampianus' edition of the Tabula attributed to Cebes; Bishop Dubravius on fishponds; Manuscripts copied from printed books; An unusual educational device of Aldus Manutius. 177 pages. Include extensive bibliography. Hardback in slightly discoloured dustjacket otherwise good clean condition. Cat No 3879
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Theory & Practice: Ancient Books & Documents
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