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A survey of the manuscripts of Tours

Edward Kennard Rand
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  • Frontmatter
  • PART A On the History of the Script of Tours
    • CHAPTER I A Brief Account of the Libraries at Tours (page 3)
    • CHAPTER II Characteristics of the Script of Tours and its Importance in the General History of Script (page 8)
    • CHAPTER III Details in the Description of the Books of Tours — Dimensions, Ruling, Gatherings, Signatures, Abbreviations, Punctuation, Text (page 10)
    • CHAPTER IV A Brief Account of the Development of the Script of Tours (page 32)
  • PART B A Summary Description of the Manuscripts of Tours
    • Period I. The Earliest Books of Tours (page 81)
    • II. The Irish at Tours (page 88)
    • III. The Pre-alcuinian Style (page 93)
    • IV. The Reforms of Alcuin (page 102)
    • IVa. The Embellished Merovingian Style (page 104)
    • IVa and IVb. Books done in both the Embellished Merovingian and the Regular Style (page 110)
    • IVb. The Regular Style (page 117)
    • V. The Regime of Fridugisus (page 131)
    • VI. The Mid-century (page 150)
    • VII. The Post-Mid-century Style (page 161)
    • VIII. Tours and the Franco-Saxon Style. (page 166)
    • IX. The End of the Century (page 174)
    • X. The Tenth Century (page 191)
    • XI. The Eleventh Century (page 196)
    • XII. The Twelfth Century (page 201)
  • List of Manuscripts Examined and Rejected (page 203)
  • Index of Manuscripts, with a Table of the Books of St. Gatian's, St. Martin's, and Marmoutier (page 209)
  • Index of Plates (page 219)
  • Index of Authors and Works (page 227)
  • General Index (page 233)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
ENHR 46.181 (Jan. 1931): 146-150 http://www.jstor.org/stable/553327
CWK 23.17 (Mar. 1930): 131-133 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4389431
CP 25.3 (Jul. 1930): 285-287 http://www.jstor.org/stable/262612
SP 5.3 (Jul. 1930): 330-332 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2848752
AB 13.3 (Sep. 1931): 400-403 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050808
CR 44.5 (Nov. 1930): 205-206 http://www.jstor.org/stable/698076
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Published: 1929
Publisher: Medieval Academy of America
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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