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ILLUSTRATED
MANUAL OF GREEK PALEOGRAPHY (Second edition)
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Professor of classical languages.
Plasencia. Spain. January 2026.
Those readers interested
in reading a true treatise on Greek Paleography can
find useful my book entitled "PALEOGRAFÍA GRIEGA: Manual ilustrado" (in
Spanish), 550 pages containing more than 100 images of Greek
manuscripts from the 4th century B.C. until the 16th A.D., published by
KDP AMAZON, December 2018.
“Illustrated
Manual of Greek Paleography” follows the history and development of
Greek handwriting and their role in the history of the manuscript
book and civilization.
The book explores every major development in the design of Greek lettering and includes some lesser-known types. The material is divided into sections by historical period for easy reference.
The text of the book provides an excellent historical background to the study of Greek alphabet.
“Illustrated Manual of Greek Paleography" stands a step above other books on the history of Greek handwriting because of the number of its reproductions -some of them extremely rare- and its straightforward and clear exposition.
This work, profusely illustrated, not only addresses the Hellenic scholar, but also the modern writer, typographer, historian, graphic designer, printer, publisher and font developer.
EXCERPTS OF THE BOOK
DESCRIPTION
The book explores every major development in the design of Greek lettering and includes some lesser-known types. The material is divided into sections by historical period for easy reference.
The text of the book provides an excellent historical background to the study of Greek alphabet.
“Illustrated Manual of Greek Paleography" stands a step above other books on the history of Greek handwriting because of the number of its reproductions -some of them extremely rare- and its straightforward and clear exposition.
This work, profusely illustrated, not only addresses the Hellenic scholar, but also the modern writer, typographer, historian, graphic designer, printer, publisher and font developer.
EXCERPTS OF THE BOOK
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on the following link to view online or right-click on the link and
choose in the popup-menu the option Save target as to download a PDF document (260
pages, 11 MB) which contains wide excerpts of the book.
Method of publication
Price and distribution
The price is 29 US Dollars, and in the sites of continental Europe it is around 25 €.
If you wish to acquire this book in electronic format (available in PDF), please contact the author for details and price.
ORDER A COPY
This book is printed via "Print On Demand" (POD) by KDP AMAZON;
it is printed in United States, United Kingdom and continental Europe
(it depends on through what channel it is ordered). The characteristics
of POD are well known: the book is immediately produced (printed, bound
and sent within some hours) as soon as the buyer orders it. Obviously,
the number of days needed to reach its destiny will depend on the
country to which the purchaser wants it to be sent and the chosen
shipping option (urgent post, normal post, etc.).
Price and distribution
The range of channels through which a POD company
can distribute a book is the result of the combination of several
factors (industry standard trim or personal trim, property of the ISBN
by the author or by the printer, etc.). In this case, the book can be
purchased either directly from the printer
itself (KDP AMAZON) https://www.amazon.es/dp/1790291771
or other booksellers.
Buying a book through Amazon or Barnes & Noble is nothing unusual
nowadays, and I do not believe that this would pose any difficulty to
anybody.
The price is 29 US Dollars, and in the sites of continental Europe it is around 25 €.
While the price in American Dollars and in
British Pounds seems to be kept without changes by the British and
American sites of Amazon, I have observed that the Amazon sites of
continental Europe have set different prices; I have no control on
this. The prices mentioned above are the prices I suggest to KDP
AMAZON, but the different sites of Amazon (each Amazon national site
has absolute independence in this respect) can either keep it as I
suggest or put it higher or lower.
If you wish to acquire this book in electronic format (available in PDF), please contact the author for details and price.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author of “Illustrated manual of GREEK
PALEOGRAPHY” is Juan-José
Marcos García born in Salamanca (Spain) in 1963. He has a degree in
Classical Philology and Linguistics (PhD), University of
Salamanca (1981-1986), and is professor of classical languages. He is currently teaching Latin
and ancient Greek in Plasencia (Cáceres, Spain).
Juan-José Marcos is a font developer too. He has created the ALPHABETUM Unicode font for ancient scripts https://www.typofonts.com/alphaeng.html and other digital typefaces for Latin and Greek palaeography https://www.typofonts.com/palegreek.html
Juan-José Marcos is a font developer too. He has created the ALPHABETUM Unicode font for ancient scripts https://www.typofonts.com/alphaeng.html and other digital typefaces for Latin and Greek palaeography https://www.typofonts.com/palegreek.html
If you have
queries, suggestions, comments or doubts, please send emails to:
juanjmarcos
gmail.com
Juan-José Marcos
Plasencia (Cáceres) Spain.
This page last updated on January 2026
gmail.comJuan-José Marcos
Plasencia (Cáceres) Spain.
This page last updated on January 2026