From original manuscripts David Howlett edits, translates and analyses twenty-four Latin charters -- English, Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Scottish and Hebridean -- from the seventh century to the fifteenth, as monuments of thought and composition parallel to the literary and epigraphic traditions of these islands. This revolutionary analysis presents characters of local variety but underlying unity, in which complex self-authenticating mathematical structures produce works of art of astonishing and apprehensible beauty.
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From original manuscripts David Howlett edits, translates and analyses twenty-four Latin charters -- English, Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Scottish and Hebridean -- from the seventh century to the fifteenth, as monuments of thought and composition parallel to the literary and epigraphic traditions of these islands. This revolutionary analysis presents characters of local variety but underlying unity, in which complex self-authenticating mathematical structures produce works of art of astonishing and apprehensible beauty.
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Add this copy of Sealed From Within to cart. $70.81, new condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1999 by Four Courts Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 1851824553.
Add this copy of Sealed From Within: Self-Authenticating Insular to cart. $91.00, very good condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1999 by Dublin: Four Courts Press.
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Series; Medieval studies. Physical description; x, 110 p.; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contains English translations and analyses with Latin originals. Subjects; Bible-Language, style. Paleography, Latin-British Isles. Paleography. Sources. History. Charters. Celtic Period. Great Britain-History-Anglo-Saxon period, (449-1066)-Sources. Great Britain-Charters, grants, privileges. Scotland-History-(1057-1603)-Sources. Ireland-History-To 1172-Sources. Wales-History-To 1063-Sources. British Isles-Charters, grants, privileges. British Isles-History-Sources. Wales-History-To 1282-Sources. manuscripts. Genre; Bibliography. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of Sealed From Within: Self-Authenticating Insular to cart. $134.80, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Four Courts Press.
