Also useful is Jim John's article on Latin Paleography in Medieval Studies: an Introduction, ed. James M. Powell, 2nd ed. (Syracuse, 1992). Tom Izbicki At 10:06 AM 1/11/2001 -1000, you wrote: > The standard is Bernhard Bischoff, _Latin Palaeography: Antiquity >and the Middle Ages_, translated Daibhi O Croinin and David Ganz >(Cambridge University Press, 1990). > You might also want to pick up A. Cappelli, _Dizionario di >Abbreviature latine ed italiane_ (1979). Somewhere along the way I >acquired an English translation of the Preface and front matter. > For something lighter, you might want to check out the lovely books >from the British Library done by Michelle Brown: _The British Library >Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques_ and >_Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms_ >(more on illustrations, but handy to have). > If you can manage it, you might try to sign up for one of a summer >paleography course offered at various universities. > Sorry for the lack of diacriticals on names and titles above. >.Karen > > >-- >Dr. Karen Jolly >Associate Professor, History >University of Hawai`i at Manoa >[log in to unmask] >http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly