English Renaissance Manuscript Culture: The Paper Revolution
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English Renaissance Manuscript Culture: The Paper Revolution traces the development of a new type of scribal culture in England that emerged early in the fourteenth century. The main medieval writing surfaces of parchment and wax tablets were augmented by a writing medium that was both lasting and cheap enough to be expendable. Writing was transformed from a near monopoly of professional scribes employed by the upper class to a practice ordinary citizens...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198878001
ISBN13:9780198878001
Release Date:November 2023
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 8.8"
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