00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611984081 Buklod 20230619154520.0 m go j cr |n |||auu|a 130619s2013 enkaf rb |001 0|eng d 9780199686339 (pbk.) (iLib)UPD-00254212447 DLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC PA 47 R49 2013 Reynolds, L. D. (Leighton Durham) author. Scribes and scholars a guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin literature by L.D. Reynolds [deceased] and N.G. Wilson. Scribes & scholars Guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin literature Fourth edition. Oxford, [England] Oxford University Press 2013. ix, 325 pages, 16 pages of plates illustrations 22 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier First edition published in 1968. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Antiquity -- The Greek East -- The Latin West -- The Renaissance -- Some aspects of scholarship since the Renaissance -- Textual criticism. One of the remarkable facts about the history of Western culture is that we are still in a position to read large amounts of the literature produced in classical Greece and Rome despite the fact that for at least a millennium and a half all copies had to be produced by hand and were subject to the hazards of fire, flood, and war. This book explains how the texts survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to spend the necessary effort to preserve them for future generations. In the second edition a section of notes was included, and a new chapter was added to deal with some aspects of scholarship since the Renaissance. In the third edition (1991), the authors responded to the urgent need to take account of the very large number of discoveries in this rapidly advancing field of knowledge by substantially revising or enlarging certain sections. The last two decades have seen further advances, and this revised edition is designed to take account of them -- Provided by publisher. Transmission of texts. Learning and scholarship History. Classical literature Criticism, Textual. Classical literature History and criticism. Civilization, Classical Influence. Scriptoria. Classical literature Manuscripts. Manuscripts, Renaissance. Manuscripts, Medieval. Wilson, N. G. 1935- author. (Nigel Guy). Book http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2013943248-t.html Table of contents only FO UPD DMLS PA 47 R49 2013 Book