For more than two decades, El. Mioni's Handbook of Greek Palaeography has been the main tool of access for Greeks, and not only, students of the Departments of Philology and History in the sciences of palaeography and codicology. Although the book has been "discussed" secretly and openly in university and non-university halls by various individuals, as usually happens with those who do not dare to articulate their own "better" speech in writing but hide behind easy criticism and "winged words," nevertheless, it has covered, and perhaps still partially covers today, the demands of scientists and the general public in their effort to understand the manuscript code and its history, being a comprehensible and concise study tool, a useful book in general. However, in the years that have passed since the first edition of this particular Handbook in Greek (1977), research in the field of palaeography and codicology, the study of manuscript codes in general, has experienced and continues to experience significant growth; Palaeography Laboratories are established, international and national conferences are organized, specialized journals and collective works are published that concern the decipherment of manuscript codes, decoration, the history of writing, and the preservation of codes. [...]

(from the author's Preface)