How about Michelle Brown, _A Guide to Western Medieval Scripts from Antiquity to 1600_, published by the U of Toronto press? Essentially similar to Kirchner -- example and transription -- and reasonably priced. Elizabeth McLachlan, Art History, Rutgers University PS: There is also her _British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques_ (also U. of Toronto Press), also reasonably priced. This would make a good companion to the one mentioned above. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%