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Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings Up to 1500
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Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings Up to 1500 Paperback - 2016 - 1st Edition

by Jane Roberts

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The resurgence of interest in the history of the English language has prompted this indispensable introductory guide to the scripts used in Old and Middle English writing. The best way to gain a sense of changes in scripts across time is through visual examples. The reader is introduced gradually to vocabulary suitable for the description of script through a range of plates, for example, Caedmon's Hymn (the earliest extant English poem); the opening of an Exeter Book poem; the Lindisfarne Gospels; the opening page of King Alfred's first translation; an illustrated version of the story of Abraham and Isaac; passages from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; early (Laȝamon) and late tellings of the story of Arthur (Malory); contrasting manuscripts of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde; Langland; York plays. Each plate is reproduced full size where possible, accompanied by a full transcript, commentary and notes.

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  • Title Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings Up to 1500
  • Author Jane Roberts
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liverpool University Press
  • Publication date 2016-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781781382660 / 1781382662
  • Weight 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 6.13 x 0.7 in (23.34 x 15.57 x 1.78 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100, English language - Middle English, 1100-1500
  • Dewey Decimal Code 421.1

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Jane Roberts is Professor Emerita of Medieval English Language & Literature at King's College London.

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