The History of the Book in the West: 400AD–1455

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The History of the Book in the West: 400AD–1455 is written by Pamela Robinson and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351888137 (ISBN 10) and 9781351888134 (ISBN 13).

This selection of papers by major scholars introduces students to the history of the book in the West from late Antiquity to the publication of the Gutenberg Bible and the beginning of the print revolution. The collection opens with wide-ranging papers on handwriting and the physical make-up of the book. In the second group of papers the emphasis is on the ’look’ of the book, complemented by a third group dealing with scribes, readers and the availability of books. The editors’ introduction provides an overview of the medieval book.