TY - BOOK ID - 77871729 TI - A dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450 to 2000 PY - 2008 SN - 1281341703 9786611341701 0191532746 1435642228 9780191532740 9780199265442 0199265445 9780191727955 0191727954 9780199576128 0199576122 9781435642225 6611341706 PB - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Manuscripts, English KW - Nonbook materials KW - Non-book materials KW - Library materials KW - English manuscripts KW - Terminology KW - Codicology KW - Manoscritti KW - Manuscripts UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77871729 AB - In the first dictionary of its kind a leading expert on English manuscripts defines some 1,500 terms, including types of manuscript, their physical features, writing implements, writing surfaces, scribes, scripts, postal markings, and seals, as well as those relating to literature, bibliography, editing, dating, conservation, cartography, commerce, heraldry, law, and military and naval matters. - ;This is the first Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology ever to be published. Dealing with the subject of documentation - which affects everyone's lives (from every-day letters, notes, and sho ER -