Beal Peter:
A Dictionary Of English Manuscript Terminology
1450 To 2000
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2007
Hardback, 480 pages
Size: 234x156 mm
ISBN: 9780199265442
ISBN-10: 0199265445
A Dictionary Of English Manuscript Terminology
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.

