Автор: David Diringer
Название: The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2011
ISBN: 978-0486242439
Серия: Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography
Язык: English
Формат: mobi
Размер: 50,9 mb
Страниц: 624

From the oldest fragment of an Egyptian book c.2600 BCE, through clay tablets, papyrus, leather and parchment scrolls, to codices (that is, books as we have come to know them) in the early centuries of the Common Era, from prehistoric and non-literate symbolic/memnonic schemes, through early writing systems of Africa and Asia, to alphabets and scripts, Diringer examines every bit of evidence that was available up to the early 50's, when the book was written, to reveal archeological, cultural, linguistic, and religious trends through the millenia, and how scribes functioned, in their various settings, to bring us what remains of of distant literary past. He delves into the remotest corners of the globe for unexpected insights and manuscripts.

Based on years of painstaking research and incorporating a wealth of new material and conclusions, the text is enhanced throughout by abundant illustrations—nearly 200 photographic facsimiles of priceless manuscripts in museums and libraries around the world.