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[Sale Catalogue, no. 1036].
Bookhands of the Middle Ages: Medieval Manuscript Leaves Principally from a Collection Formed in the 19th Century.
Published London: Bernard Quaritch, 1984.
Series: Bookhands of the Middle Ages.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Robert Stockwell Ltd., London.
Size: 167x233x7mm.
Page count: 99pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the covers on this copy are a bit grubby with some mild creases, a little wear on the edges and corners, some creasing on the spine; at least 12 pages have some pencilled annotations or other marking.

This item £10.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 228g.

How to order this book

Derives from a collection of pastedowns, wrappers, flyleaves & other binding waste, put together in the early 19th century by the Oxford antiquary Philip Bliss (1787-1857).

Contents: catalogues 134 items, under the following headings: History & travel; Liturgy; Church music; Bibles; Bible commentaries; Patristic literature; Medieval schooling & intellectual history; Vernacular texts; Poetry; Monastic tradition; Civil law; Canon law.

Illustrations: 45, monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 2pp
Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: no

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