Organizing the Written Word: Scripts, Manuscripts, and Texts

by Marco Mostert

The ways in which we search for information today often differ from the ways literate individuals in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages interacted with manuscripts in search of knowledge. At some stage in the development of western literacy, the need to find written information led to the invention and propagation of consultation aids that we now take for granted, including page numbering, indices, and cross-references. This volume seeks to enhance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503507654
• ISBN13: 9782503507651
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.