Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books : From the Twelfth to the Early Sixteenth Century

List of plates ix Acknowledgements xiv Note on the illustrations xvii Abbreviated titles xviii Glossary xx Introduction 1(27) The manuscript book in the late Middle Ages 28(19) The Carolingian heritage 47(9) Praegothica 56(16) Northern Textualis 72(30) Southern Textualis and Semitextualis 102(21) Textualis in Italy 103(8) Textualis in Spain and Portugal 111(5) Textualis in Southern France 116(1) Southern Textualis in other countries 117(1) Semitextualis 118(1) Semitextualis in Italy 119(2) Semitextualis in other countries 121(2) Cursive scripts in general 123(10) Cursiva Antiquior 133(9) Cursiva Antiquior in the German-speaking countries, Central Europe and Scandinavia 133(1) Cursiva Antiquior in England: Anglicana 134(8) Cursiva 142(21) Hybrida and Semihybrida 163(13) Gothico-Antiqua and other `hors systeme' scripts 176(7) Gothico-Antiqua in Italy 176(4) The diffusion of Gothico-Antiqua outside Italy 180(1) Other scripts outside the expanded Lieftinck system 181(2) Appendix: Observations on majuscules, punctuation, abbreviations, special signs and orthography 183(8) Select bibliography 191(5) Acknowledgements for illustrations 196(1) Index of manuscripts reproduced in the plates 197(3) General index 200 Plates