Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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Page 4
... close . This Semitic alphabet appears to have been employed in the cities and colonies of the Poenicians and among the Jews and Moabites and other neighbouring tribes at a period not far removed from the time when the children of Israel ...
... close . This Semitic alphabet appears to have been employed in the cities and colonies of the Poenicians and among the Jews and Moabites and other neighbouring tribes at a period not far removed from the time when the children of Israel ...
Page 55
... close of the fourteenth century , if not later . 5 To distinguish a work contained in the compass of a single roll , there was the title μονόβιβλος οι μονόβιβλον . There can be no doubt that the convenience of sub- dividing the lengthy ...
... close of the fourteenth century , if not later . 5 To distinguish a work contained in the compass of a single roll , there was the title μονόβιβλος οι μονόβιβλον . There can be no doubt that the convenience of sub- dividing the lengthy ...
Page 63
... close to the margin and to keep the ruled lines within limits ; and eventually the prickings often disappeared when the edges were shorn by the binder . Each sheet should be ruled separately · but two or more sheets were not ...
... close to the margin and to keep the ruled lines within limits ; and eventually the prickings often disappeared when the edges were shorn by the binder . Each sheet should be ruled separately · but two or more sheets were not ...
Page 69
... close of the paragraphs in the Paris papyrus 49 , a letter of about 160 B.C. But such isolated instances merely show that there was a knowledge of the value of such marks of punctuation , which , however , in Forms of Books . 69.
... close of the paragraphs in the Paris papyrus 49 , a letter of about 160 B.C. But such isolated instances merely show that there was a knowledge of the value of such marks of punctuation , which , however , in Forms of Books . 69.
Page 146
... close resemblance between the curved early forms of lambda , mu , and pi ; and , again , there is very little difference between the ordinary gamma and the lambda with horizontal final stroke . Such similarities naturally increased as ...
... close resemblance between the curved early forms of lambda , mu , and pi ; and , again , there is very little difference between the ordinary gamma and the lambda with horizontal final stroke . Such similarities naturally increased as ...
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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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