Printing Anglo-Saxon from Parker to Hickes and Wanley : : With a Catalogue of Early Printed Books Containing Anglo-Saxon 1566-1705.
Who were the leading promoters of printing Anglo-Saxon in the Renaissance and why? In what manuscripts did Old English scholars find their print-design models? This book traces the history of printing Anglo-Saxon in its cultural context alongside developments in scholarship.
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| Superior document: | Library of the Written Word Series ; v.105 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2024. ©2024. |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of the Written Word Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (734 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Tables and Figures
- Abbreviations
- Tables 1 and 2: Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs
- Part 1 Printing Anglo-Saxon with Special Sorts from 1566 to 1705
- Chapter 1 Anglo-Saxon and Its Uses
- Chapter 2 The Parkerian Great Primer Anglo-Saxon Type-Design
- Chapter 3 The Parkerian and Lambardian Pica Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs
- Chapter 4 Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs in the Seventeenth Century to 1705
- Chapter 5 Continental Anglo-Saxon Type-Designs
- Chapter 6 The Use of Sources, Scholarship and the Social Intellectual Network
- Part 2 Catalogue of Early Printed Books Containing Anglo-Saxon to 1705
- Glossary of Printing, Book-Description and Type-Description Terms
- List of Type Designs
- Abbreviations
- Library Abbreviations
- Catalogue of Early Printed Books Containing Anglo-Saxon to 1705
- Part 3 List of Punchcutters and Printers, Bibliography (Medieval MSS, Post-Medieval MSS, Printed Books)
- List of Punchcutters
- List of Printers and Booksellers also Draughtsmen/Engravers
- Bibliography
- General Index.