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Designing English: Early Literature on the Page

By Daniel Wakelin

Designing English: Early Literature on the Page book

Designing English: Early Literature on the Page

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Early manuscripts in the English language include religious works, plays, romances, poetry, and songs, as well as charms, notebooks, science, and medieval medicine. How did scribes choose to arrange the words and images on the page in each manuscript? How did they preserve, clarify, and illustrate writing in English? What visual guides were given to early readers of English in how to understand or use their books? [This book] is an overview of eight centuries of graphic design in manuscripts and inscriptions from the Anglo-Saxon to the early Tudor periods. Working beyond the traditions established for Latin, scribes of English needed to be more inventive, so that each book was an opportunity for redesigning --
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2017-12-01
Publication Date:
2017-12-01
Publisher:
Bodleian Library
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1851244751
Weight:
1361 g
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