id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15999 Dickey, Timothy J. Peter Beal. A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology, 1450–2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 457p. alk. paper, $125 (ISBN 0199265442). LC 2008-295866. 2009-03-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1203 62 53 This suggests another strength of Beal’s Dictionary: throughout, it is particularly rich in the number of 195 196 College & Research Libraries generic manuscript types for which he provides historical context. It does not claim to be an encyclopedia, nor a comprehensive guide to manuscript terminology in English; the field must still wait for one to emerge. cache/crl-15999.pdf txt/crl-15999.txt