The Reign of the Manuscript
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1917. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 184 The reign of the manu...
Chapters (160)(click to expand)
- THE REIGN OF THE MANUSCRIPT
- AN APPRECIATION
- CONTENTS
- THE REIGN OF THE MANUSCRIPT
- I THE EPOCHAL INVENTION OF PRINTING
- II THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRINTING PRESS
- III THE PERIOD OF MANUSCRIPT LITERATURE
- IV THE AMPLITUDE OF THE BIBLE IN MANUSCRIPT
- V THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN LITERATURE
- VI MATERIALS EMBODYING LITERATURE
- VII VARIETIES AND CHANGES IN THE MATERIALS OF BOOKS
- VIII PARCHMENT AND VELLUM
- IX PAPYRUS
- X PAPER AND ITS MANUFACTURE
- XI OTHER MATERIALS OF LITERATURE
- XII INKS
- XIII IMPLEMENTS OF WRITING
- XIV THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PALÆOGRAPHY
- XV MECHANICAL AND ARTIFICIAL DEVICES OF LITERATURE
- XVI SOURCES OF THE BOOK-MAKING INDUSTRY
- XVII THE LITERARY PREËMINENCE OF ALEXANDRIA
- XVIII VARYING FORTUNES OF THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY
- XIX CONSTANTINOPLE THE LATER CENTER OF LITERATURE
- XX MONASTERIES AND THE MONASTIC INSTITUTION
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES
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