Michelle P. Brown is a curator of Western Manuscripts in the British Library and author of several books, including A Guide to Western Historical Scripts and The Book of Cerne.
'What the book represents, in essence, is a mini correspondence
course in palaeography. ... In a clear and coherent manner,
moreover, Brown describes the function of various national hands
and how they developed one from the other. ...An untrained student
or interested researcher might use the texts and transcriptions as
a means of developing expertise before embarking on a program of
research'
*Epilogue/Epilogue*
"The book should be in the hands of every classicist ...It has no
rival here or abroad.'
*Bryn Mawr Classical Review*
'It is a pleasure to read so successful a popularizing account,
accurate, well-balanced and succinct, together with an excellent
selection of illustrations from the famous as well as the less
familiar of the surviving Anglo-Saxon manuscripts.'
*Times Literary Supplement*
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