Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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Page viii
... lie scattered in the different libraries of Europe and which could never have been brought together . There is no longer any lack of material for the ready attainment of paleographical knowledge . Abroad viii Preface .
... lie scattered in the different libraries of Europe and which could never have been brought together . There is no longer any lack of material for the ready attainment of paleographical knowledge . Abroad viii Preface .
Page xi
... Europe CHAPTER XIII . - Latin Palæography : Majuscule writing- Square Capitals - Rustic Capitals - Uncials . CHAPTER XIV . - Latin Palæography ( continued ) : Mixed Uncials and Minuscules - Half - uncials · 159 183 · 196 • CHAPTER XV ...
... Europe CHAPTER XIII . - Latin Palæography : Majuscule writing- Square Capitals - Rustic Capitals - Uncials . CHAPTER XIV . - Latin Palæography ( continued ) : Mixed Uncials and Minuscules - Half - uncials · 159 183 · 196 • CHAPTER XV ...
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... Europe leaves of plants are not generally of the tough character of those which grow in the tropics ; but there can be no doubt that they were used in ancient Greece and Italy , and that the references by classical writers to their ...
... Europe leaves of plants are not generally of the tough character of those which grow in the tropics ; but there can be no doubt that they were used in ancient Greece and Italy , and that the references by classical writers to their ...
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... Europe . Specimens inscribed with money accounts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries have survived to the present day in France ; and municipal accounts on tablets of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are still preserved in ...
... Europe . Specimens inscribed with money accounts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries have survived to the present day in France ; and municipal accounts on tablets of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries are still preserved in ...
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... Europe also , long after vellum had become the principal writing material , especially for literary purposes , papyrus continued in common use , particularly for ordinary documents , such as letters . St. Jerome , Ep . vii . , mentions ...
... Europe also , long after vellum had become the principal writing material , especially for literary purposes , papyrus continued in common use , particularly for ordinary documents , such as letters . St. Jerome , Ep . vii . , mentions ...
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9th century alphabet ancient angular appears book-hand British Museum capital Caroline minuscule Chancery hand character charter-hand charters Codex Codex Alexandrinus copy cursive forms cursive hand cursive writing curve deed Delisle developed documents earlier earliest early eleventh century employed English example Facsim fifteenth century following facsimile form of writing forms of letters fragments Frankish empire Gospels Greek writing half-uncial handwriting horizontal stroke Hyperides Illustrations inscribed inscriptions instances Irish Italy later Latin lines literary hand Lombardic majuscule Manuscrits marked material Merovingian middle ages minuscule hand national hands ninth century noticed Omont ordinary Palæography palimpsest papyrus Paris period practice Psalter quia quod roll Roman cursive rustic capitals scribes seen shapes signs specimen style of writing survived thirteenth century twelfth century uncial uncial writing vellum vellum MSS Visigothic Wattenbach waxen tablets Western Europe words written Z. W. Ex δε ἐν καὶ τοῦ τῶν
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