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Writing as Handwork: A History of Handwriting in Mediterranean and Western Culture. Edited by Lenn Schramm. With an appendix by W. C. Watt

2006réf. 009941Turnhout: Brepols 2006 4to 27 cm 575 pp. Original printed wrappers wrappers slightly rubbed. Bibliologia: Elementa ad Librorum Studia Pertinentia Vol. 24. First edition. The definitive modern synthesis on the history of handwriting as a physical intellectual and social practice by the distinguished French palaeographer and historian of Hebrew manuscripts Colette Sirat formerly of the École Pratique des Hautes Études Sorbonne and the CNRS Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes Paris. Representing the culmination of nearly forty years of research the volume surveys the evolution of handwriting from the earliest forms of human mark-making through the ancient Mediterranean the Middle Ages the Renaissance and the modern period integrating Greek Latin Hebrew Arabic and vernacular traditions into a unified history of writing as both manual craft and cultural expression. The work is arranged in five substantial parts. Schools Writing Masters Scribes and Calligraphers traces the transmission of writing through educational institutions and professional practice examining Greco-Roman schools Christian monastic scriptoria Islamic traditions Renaissance writing masters and modern methods of teaching penmanship. The Design of Manuscripts considers the physical organisation of written texts discussing writing materials page layout ruling document types and the development of the codex. Scripts analyses the evolution of formal and informal hands classifying scripts according to the morphology of the stroke and line while exploring the relationship between calligraphic ideals and practical writing. Postures and Movements investigates the physical act of writing itself from incising and impressing signs in hard materials to brush and pen techniques the Egyptian method of writing with ink and the changing ergonomics of writing through the twentieth century. The concluding section Whose Hand Is It addresses the individuality of handwriting through scribal colophons authors' autographs documentary hands and the methods by which palaeographers identify individual scribes and distinguish controlled from personal writing. Three appendices extend the discussion with a concise survey of the principal writing systems treated in the text an overview of the history and methods of palaeography and W. C. Watt's essay on the laterality of handwriting. Richly illustrated throughout with examples drawn from manuscripts inscriptions documents and writing manuals across diverse cultures the volume is supported by extensive bibliographical references and indexes. A standard reference work for the study of palaeography codicology calligraphy and the material history of writing indispensable to manuscript scholars librarians collectors and historians of the book. Brepols hardcover

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