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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1960 Folio (38 cm), [10], 28, [2] pp, 40 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly dusted and frayed at extremities). From the blurb: "This collection of facsimiles contributes a little-known but fascinating page to English history in the Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon culture. Most of the manuscript reproduced were written in Bede's monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow; they include the oldest and the best manuscript of "the Ecclesiastical History of the English People" and Codex Amiatinus, which has been described as 'perhaps the finest book in the world'. In his introduction Dr. Lowe discusses the origins, development and significance of English Uncial hand."
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006227
- Title
- English uncial
- Author
- Lowe, R. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- At the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography;
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Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Folio
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