Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... earlier date are some fragments of a votive inscription engraved on bronze plates found in Cyprus in 1876 and dedi- cating a vessel to the god Baal of Lebanon . From these and other inscriptions of the oldest type we can con- struct the ...
... earlier date are some fragments of a votive inscription engraved on bronze plates found in Cyprus in 1876 and dedi- cating a vessel to the god Baal of Lebanon . From these and other inscriptions of the oldest type we can con- struct the ...
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... earlier sign for i . In Quintilian's time letter X was the " ultima nostrarum " and closed the alphabet . The sound z in Latin being coincident with the sound s , the letter zeta dropped out . But at a later period it was restored to ...
... earlier sign for i . In Quintilian's time letter X was the " ultima nostrarum " and closed the alphabet . The sound z in Latin being coincident with the sound s , the letter zeta dropped out . But at a later period it was restored to ...
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... earlier . The dry atmosphere of Egypt has been specially favourable to the preserva- tion of these fragile documents . Buried with the dead , they have lain in the tombs or swathed in the folds of the mummy - cloths for centuries ...
... earlier . The dry atmosphere of Egypt has been specially favourable to the preserva- tion of these fragile documents . Buried with the dead , they have lain in the tombs or swathed in the folds of the mummy - cloths for centuries ...
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... quoqne , factumque jam Tiberio principe inopia chartæ , ut e darentur arbitri dispensandæ ; alias in tumulta vita erat . " in that place occurs earlier than 1674. Some attempts have Materials used to receive Writing . 29.
... quoqne , factumque jam Tiberio principe inopia chartæ , ut e darentur arbitri dispensandæ ; alias in tumulta vita erat . " in that place occurs earlier than 1674. Some attempts have Materials used to receive Writing . 29.
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Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. in that place occurs earlier than 1674. Some attempts have been made in recent years to manufacture a writing material on the pattern of the ancient charta from this Sicilian plant . 5 The manufacture of the ...
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. in that place occurs earlier than 1674. Some attempts have been made in recent years to manufacture a writing material on the pattern of the ancient charta from this Sicilian plant . 5 The manufacture of the ...
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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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