The Historical Source Book for Scribes

The Historical Source Book for Scribes
Author: Michelle P. Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-04-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781442629257

A fully illustrated exploration of fifteen writing styles drawn from historical manuscripts. Clear examples show how the scripts were developed and used in the past and how they can be written by modern calligraphers.

A Source Book for Mediæval History

A Source Book for Mediæval History
Author: Oliver J. Thatcher
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: History
ISBN:

A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
Author: Amanda H. Podany
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2022
Genre: Middle East
ISBN: 0190059044

"This sweeping history of the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Iran) takes readers on a journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquest of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their written words and the archaeological remains of the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of kingdoms, the book instead creates a tapestry of life stories through which readers come to know specific individuals from many walks of life, and to understand their places within the broad history of events and institutions in the ancient Near East. These life stories are preserved on ancient cuneiform tablets, which allow us to trace, for example, the career of a weaver as she advanced to became a supervisor of a workshop, listen to a king trying to persuade his generals to prepare for a siege, and feel the pain of a starving young couple who were driven to sell all four of their young children into slavery during a famine. What might seem at first glance to be a remote and inaccessible ancient culture proves to be a comprehensible world, one that bequeathed to us many of our institutions and beliefs, a truly fascinating place to visit"--

Scribes, Script, and Books

Scribes, Script, and Books
Author: Leila Avrin
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838910386

In this detailed overview of the history of the handmade book, Avrin looks at the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved in paper-making and book-binding. Readers will have a greater understanding of ancient books and texts with More than 300 plates and illustrations Examples of the different forms of writing from ancient times to the printing press Coverage of cultural and religious books Full bibliography Reference librarians and educators will find this resource indispensable.

Scribes and Illuminators

Scribes and Illuminators
Author: Christopher De Hamel
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802077073

Looks at the work of medieval paper, parchment, and ink makers, scribes, illuminators, binders, and booksellers

Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees in Palestinian Society

Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees in Palestinian Society
Author: Anthony J. Saldarini
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780802843586

An authoritative and unrivalled work on these three important groups which played such a vital role in the ministry of Jesus and in Jewish life.

The Scribes for Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany

The Scribes for Women's Convents in Late Medieval Germany
Author: Cynthia J. Cyrus
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0802093698

Cyrus demonstrates the prevalence of manuscript production by women monastics and challenges current assumptions of how manuscripts circulated in the late medieval period.

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences
Author: John D. McDonald
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 5538
Release: 2017-03-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000031543

The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, comprising of seven volumes, now in its fourth edition, compiles the contributions of major researchers and practitioners and explores the cultural institutions of more than 30 countries. This major reference presents over 550 entries extensively reviewed for accuracy in seven print volumes or online. The new fourth edition, which includes 55 new entires and 60 revised entries, continues to reflect the growing convergence among the disciplines that influence information and the cultural record, with coverage of the latest topics as well as classic articles of historical and theoretical importance.

The Sibyl and Her Scribes

The Sibyl and Her Scribes
Author: Anke Holdenried
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351881957

The Sibylla Tiburtina is a Latin prophecy attributed to a prophetess from classical antiquity. It concludes with an account of the End of History, involving the coming of the Antichrist and his battle with a Last World Emperor. Approximately 100 manuscripts, written between the mid-11th and the 16th centuries, survive which testify to the Tiburtina's immense popularity in the medieval West; as such the Tiburtina is a key text for understanding medieval apocalypticism and occupies an important place in the intellectual history of the Middle Ages. However, studies of the manuscripts and the history of the text have been largely neglected, in comparison with other similar works, so little is currently known about who copied and read the prophecy. Dr Holdenried's research fills this gap. This study is based on an examination of all surviving manuscripts and includes an analysis of the textual material which accompanies the Tiburtina, a survey of titles and annotations, as well as research on variant texts (including several hitherto unknown). Modern historiography regards the Tiburtina solely as a vehicle for expressing contemporary political concerns triggered by crises thought to herald the End of the World. This book provides a much more varied picture and offers a new approach to the Tiburtina by placing it, for the first time, in the context of medieval traditions which saw Sibylline prophecy as independent, non-Christian evidence of Christ's life and as confirmation of His divinity. As is shown, these traditions had a major impact on the reception of the Tiburtina. The book concludes with a repertory of the manuscripts, together with brief outlines of individual textual traditions as represented in groups of manuscripts, which will constitute a valuable reference source for other scholars.