Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10Oxford University Press, 1950 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 312
... period of Byzan- tine art , that is , up to the age of Justinian ( 527-65 ) , primary consideration must therefore be given to manuscripts . Illumination . - Two types of book appear at a very early date , the roll or rotulus and the ...
... period of Byzan- tine art , that is , up to the age of Justinian ( 527-65 ) , primary consideration must therefore be given to manuscripts . Illumination . - Two types of book appear at a very early date , the roll or rotulus and the ...
Page 355
... periods , the papyrus period from Alexander to Constantine and the parchment period from the 4th century A.D. down to the invention of printing . The distinction is not precise , because skins were used ( and some of them have survived ) ...
... periods , the papyrus period from Alexander to Constantine and the parchment period from the 4th century A.D. down to the invention of printing . The distinction is not precise , because skins were used ( and some of them have survived ) ...
Page 356
... period ( ibid . , fac . 36 ) . Thus at the end of the classical period we find both the biblical uncial and the slanting uncial already approaching their mature forms while the remote ancestor of the minuscule hand that was to succeed ...
... period ( ibid . , fac . 36 ) . Thus at the end of the classical period we find both the biblical uncial and the slanting uncial already approaching their mature forms while the remote ancestor of the minuscule hand that was to succeed ...
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