CLSC601: History of the Book, Summer 2005

rev. 6/29/05

Quiz I: The Scribal Era - Study Guide

In addition to our texts, for reference, see also:

- Richard Clement’s "Glossary of Terms for Pre-industrial Book History" (see reading list).

- John Carter’s ABC for Book Collectors, Douglas McMurtrie's The Book, Michelle Brown's The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts (on reserve).

- Terry Belanger’s article on "Descriptive Bibliography" (see reading list).

      ∙    Be able to identify the following terms and people from the scribal era of book history:

Bifolium

Block book

Boustrophedon

Codex

Cuneiform

Gloss

Ideogram

Illumination

Leaf

Logogram

Majuscule

Minuscule

Ostraka

Paleography

Papyrus

Parchment

Quire/gathering

Rubrication

Prickings/rulings

Pecia system

Scriptorium

Scroll

Syllabary

Two major contributions of each of these ancient cultures to the history of writing:

Mesopotomia, Egypt, Palestine/Phoenicia, Greece, Rome

Five ways materials have been acquired for libraries

Descriptive bibliography

Enumerative bibliography

Characteristics and advantages of an alphabetic writing system

Ashurbanipal

Benedict of Nursia

Boethius

Caliph al-Mamun

Callimachus

Cassiodorus

Charlemagne

St. Augustine

St. Gregory I

St. Jerome