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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Text extracted from opening pages of book: THE fflTEMATMAL
SCIENTIFIC SERIES VOLUME LXX THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SEKIES
HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY BY EDWARD MATJNDE THOMPSON
D. C. L., LL. D., F. S. A. HONORARY FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,
OXFORD CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FEAHCE AND PBIJSTCIPAL
LIBRAEIAJf OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM NEW YOEK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1893 Authorized Edition. TO MY FRIEND LEOPOLD DELISLE MEMBER OP THE
INSTITUTE AND ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
FRANCE PREFACE. THIS Hand-book does not pretend to give more than
an outline of the very large subject of Greek and Latin
Palaeography. It must be regarded as an introduction to tlie study
of the subject, indicating tlie different branches into which it is
divided and suggesting the lines to be followed, rather than
attempting full in struction. It in. no way supersedes the use of
such works as the collections of facsimiles issued by the
Palasographical Society and by other societies and scholars at home
and abroad; but it is hoped that it will serve as an aid to the
more intelligent and profitable study of them. Our conclusions as
to the course of development of the handwritings of former ages are
based on our know ledge and experience of the development of modern
forms of writing. Children at school learn to write by copying
formal text-hands in their copy-books, and the handwriting of each
child will bear the impress of the models. But as he grows up the
child developes a handwriting of his own, diverging more and more
from the models, but never altogether divesting itself of their
first influence. Thus, at all times, we have numerous individual
handwritings, but eachbearing the stamp of its school and of its
period; and they, in their turn, re act upon and modify the writing
of the next generation. In this way have arisen the handwritings of
nations viii Preface. and districts, of centuries and periods, all
distinguish able from eacli other by the trained eye. And tlie i
acuity o distinction is not entirely, but to a very great degree,
dependent on familiarity. Anyone will readily distinguish the
handwritings of individuals of his own time, and will recognise his
friend's writing at a glance as easily as he recognizes his face;
he has more difficulty in discriminating between the individual
handwritings of a foreign country. Set before him specimens of the
writing of the last century, and he will confuse the hands of
different persons. Take him still farther back, and he will
pronounce the writing of a whole school to be the writing of one
man; and he will see no difference between the hands, for example,
of an Englishman, a Frenchman, and a Fleming. Still farther back,
the writing of one century is to him the same as the writing of
another, and he may fail to name the locality where a MS. was
written by the breadth of a whole continent. Palaeographical
knowledge was formerly confined to a few, chiefly to the custodians
or owners of collections of manuscripts; works of reference on the
subject were scarce and expensive; and facsimiles, with certain
excep tions, were of no critical value. In these days, when
photography has made accurate reproduction so simple a matter, the
knowledge is within the reach of all who care to acquire it. The
collections of facsimiles which have been issued during the last
twenty years have brought into the private studymaterials which the
student could formerly have gathered only by travel and personal
research. And more than this: these facsimiles enable us to
compare, side by side, specimens from manuscripts which lie
scattered in the different libraries of Europe and which could
never have been brought together. There is no longer any lack of
Preface, ix material for tlie ready attainment} of palceographical
knowledge. Abroad, this attainment is encoaraged In various
countries by endowments and schools. In our own country, where the
development of such studies is usually left
The Henry Bradshaw Society was established in 1890 in commemoration
of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian in Cambridge and a
distinguished authority on early medieval manuscripts and
liturgies, who died in 1886. The Society was founded for the
editing of rare liturgical texts'; its principal focus is on the
Western (Latin) Church and its rites, and on the medieval period in
particular, from the sixth century to the sixteenth (in effect,
from the earliest surviving Christian books until the Reformation).
Liturgy was at the heart of Christian worship, and during the
medieval period the Christian Church was at the heart of Western
society. Study of medieval Christianity in its manifold aspects -
historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological - inevitably
involves study of its rites, and for that reason Henry Bradshaw
Society publications have become standard source-books for an
understanding of all aspects of the middle ages. Moreover, many of
the Society's publications have been facsimile editions, and these
facsimiles have become cornerstones of the science of palaeography.
The society was founded for the editing of rare liturgical texts;
its principal focus is on the Western (Latin) Church and its rites,
and on the medieval period in particular, from the sixth century to
the Reformation. Study of medieval Christianity - at the heart of
Western society - inevitably involves study of its rites, and the
society's publications are essential to an understanding of all
aspects (historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological) of
the middle ages.
The Henry Bradshaw Society was established in 1890 in commemoration
of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian in Cambridge and a
distinguished authority on early medieval manuscripts and
liturgies, who died in 1886. The Society was founded for the
editing of rare liturgical texts'; its principal focus is on the
Western (Latin) Church and its rites, and on the medieval period in
particular, from the sixth century to the sixteenth (in effect,
from the earliest surviving Christian books until the Reformation).
Liturgy was at the heart of Christian worship, and during the
medieval period the Christian Church was at the heart of Western
society. Study of medieval Christianity in its manifold aspects -
historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological - inevitably
involves study of its rites, and for that reason Henry Bradshaw
Society publications have become standard source-books for an
understanding of all aspects of the middle ages. Moreover, many of
the Society's publications have been facsimile editions, and these
facsimiles have become cornerstones of the science of palaeography.
The society was founded for the editing of rare liturgical texts;
its principal focus is on the Western (Latin) Church and its rites,
and on the medieval period in particular, from the sixth century to
the Reformation. Study of medieval Christianity - at the heart of
Western society - inevitably involves study of its rites, and the
society's publications are essential to an understanding of all
aspects (historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological) of
the middle ages.
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