| Description |
xviii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Figurae
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Figurae (Stanford, Calif.)
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The nomenclature of word separation -- Complements to word separation by space -- Insular culture and word separation in the seventh and eighth centuries -- Exceptions to continental aerated text formats in the ninth and tenth centuries -- The origins of continental word separation, 950-1300 -- Word separation and the transcription of numbers and music -- The early protoscholastics -- The proliferation of word separation in the eleventh century -- The spread of word separation from England to the low countries and Lorraine -- The spread of word separation from England to northern France -- Cluniac monasticism: eastern and southern France -- Italy -- Reading and writing in northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- Written culture at the end of the middle ages -- Appendix: Characteristics relating to word separation in manuscripts surveyed. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-448) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Books and reading -- History.
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Books and reading. |
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History. |
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Silent reading -- History.
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Silent reading. |
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Lectura en silencio -- Historia
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| ISBN |
0804726531 acid-free paper |
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