Scribes, Script, and Books: The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance [Revised] 0838910386, 9780838910382

North Africa, Revised Edition: A History from Antiquity to the Present [Revised Edition] 9780292761919

North Africa has been a vital crossroads throughout history, serving as a connection between Africa, Asia, and Europe. P

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European Literary Careers: The Author from Antiquity to the Renaissance 9781442674684

In this first book-length study in the fieldof authorial criticism, various specialists from Italian, French, English, a

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From Unicode to Typography. Greek script

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Renaissance Perspectives in Literature and the Visual Arts [Course Book ed.] 9781400858460

Roston demonstrates that what emerges is not a fixed or monolithic pattern for each generation but a dynamic series of r

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The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, From Egypt to e-book 1770854061, 9781770854062

A study of books through history is a study of human history. In The History of the Book in 100 Books, the author exp

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Renaissance Thought and the Arts: Collected Essays 9780691214849

Written by an eminent authority on the Renaissance, these classic essays deal not only with Paul Kristeller's speci

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Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts 9780674062979

Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it w

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The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity: Contributions to the Cultural History of the European Renaissance 0892365374, 9780892365371

Bibliophile, scholar, founder of what would become the Warburg Institute, Aby Warburg (1866-1929) ranks as one of the mo

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The Book in the Renaissance 9780300110098, 1175255166

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The Nature and Function of Water, Baths, Bathing and Hygiene from Antiquity Through the Renaissance 9004173579, 9789004173576

These essays offer scholars, teachers, and students a new basis for discussing attitudes toward, and technological exper

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