Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... distinguished by various signs , that used by the Ionians , the omega , , being apparently either a differentiation of the omikron , or , as has been suggested , taken from the Cypriote alphabet . The age of the double letter and of X ...
... distinguished by various signs , that used by the Ionians , the omega , , being apparently either a differentiation of the omikron , or , as has been suggested , taken from the Cypriote alphabet . The age of the double letter and of X ...
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... distinguished by its rectangular lambda ; and the same letter appears in the Boeotian , Chalcidian , and Athenian alpha- bets in the inverted form V. But while there are these local differences among the various alphabets of ancient ...
... distinguished by its rectangular lambda ; and the same letter appears in the Boeotian , Chalcidian , and Athenian alpha- bets in the inverted form V. But while there are these local differences among the various alphabets of ancient ...
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... distinguished in this way ; but at the same time the common origin of all can be traced to a primitive or so - called Pelasgian alphabet of the Chalcidian type . The period of the introduction of 3 writing into Italy from the great ...
... distinguished in this way ; but at the same time the common origin of all can be traced to a primitive or so - called Pelasgian alphabet of the Chalcidian type . The period of the introduction of 3 writing into Italy from the great ...
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... distinguished from monumental engraving , has been wont to be inscribed . Still , as will be seen in what follows , there are certain exceptions ; and to some extent we shall have to inquire into the employment of metals , clay ...
... distinguished from monumental engraving , has been wont to be inscribed . Still , as will be seen in what follows , there are certain exceptions ; and to some extent we shall have to inquire into the employment of metals , clay ...
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... distinguished it from the pergameno de cuero , or vellum ; and it is so de- scribed in the laws of Alphonso , of 1263. On the expulsion of the Moors , an inferior quality was produced by the less skilled Christians . From Sicily the ...
... distinguished it from the pergameno de cuero , or vellum ; and it is so de- scribed in the laws of Alphonso , of 1263. On the expulsion of the Moors , an inferior quality was produced by the less skilled Christians . From Sicily the ...
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