Writers and Readers in Medieval Italy Studies in the History of Written Culture |
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| Author:
| Petrucci, Armando |
| Editor:
| Radding, Charles M. |
| Translator:
| Radding, Charles M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-06089-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1995 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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This study of reading and writing in medieval Italy addresses the concerns of how people learned to write, what they wrote and read, how scribes were trained, the purpose for which books were copied, and how ideas about books influenced their use, preservation and transmission.
This study of reading and writing in medieval Italy addresses the concerns of how people learned to write, what they wrote and read, how scribes were trained, the purpose for which books were copied, and how ideas about books influenced their use, preservation and transmission.