Scribes And Scholars: A Guide To The Transmission Of Greek Latin Literature N G Wilson Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays Literary

One Of The Remarkable Facts About History Western Culture Is That We Are Still In A Position To Read Large Amounts Literature Produced Classical Greece And Rome Despite Fact For At Least Millennium Half All Copies Had Be By Hand Were Subject Hazards Fire Flood War This Book Explains How Texts Survived Gives An Account Reasons Why It Was Thought Worthwhile Spend Necessary Effort Preserve Them Future Generations Second Edition Section Notes Included New Chapter Added Deal With Some Aspects Scholarship Since Renaissance Third (1991) Authors Responded Urgent Need Take Very Number Discoveries Rapidly Advancing Field Knowledge Substantially Revising Or Enlarging Certain Sections Last Two Decades Have Seen Further Advances Revised Designed Σελίδες: 352 Διαστάσεις: 13 9X13 9Cm