Illuminating the word in the early middle ages
Auteur :
Nees, Lawrence
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009193863
Date de publication :
5 oct. 2023
Dimensions :
25,3 x 18,2 x 3,2 cm
Poids :
1330 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The array of features we take for granted in modern print and digital books – fonts, word spacing, capitalisation – were all invented in the early medieval period. This richly illustrated study tells how the impetus lay in changes to late Roman reading practices and not, as often assumed, within non-classical sources.