In Praise of Scribes: Manuscripts and Their Makers in Seventeenth-Century England

by Peter Beale and Peter Beal

In Praise of Scribes is a major contribution to manuscript studies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With case studies ranging from anonymous scribes to Sir Philip Sidney, John Donne, and Katherine Philips, this profusely illustrated book shows what wide-ranging use can be made of
material evidence, and helps to define the nature of manuscript culture in this period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198184719
• ISBN13: 9780198184713
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.7"