International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography (7th : 2008 : Madrid and Salamanca, Spain)
Title:
The legacy of Bernard de Montfaucon : three hundred years of study on Greek handwriting : proceedings of the Seventh International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography (Madrid-Salamanca, 15-20 September 2008) / edited by Antonio Bravo García and Inmaculada Pérez Martín ; with the assistance of Juan Signes Codoñer.
Vol. 1 contains the proceedings themselves; vol. 2 contains English-language abstracts, the illustrations associated with each contribution, and indexes. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
In September 2008, the Seventh International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography celebrated the 300th anniversary of the "Palaeographia Graeca," the pioneer work of the Benedictine Bernard de Montfaucon that established the fundamentals of the discipline. These proceedings collect contributions by specialists from a number of different countries, organized in four broad sections: palaeography; codicology; textual transmission; and Greek manuscripts in Spain.
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