Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... later , and , in spite of the interval of time , their resemblance in very many instances is still wonderfully close . This Semitic alphabet appears to have been employed in the cities and colonies of the Poenicians and among the Jews ...
... later , and , in spite of the interval of time , their resemblance in very many instances is still wonderfully close . This Semitic alphabet appears to have been employed in the cities and colonies of the Poenicians and among the Jews ...
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... later period the obsolete letter was re - adopted as the numerical sign for 900 , and became the modern sampi ( i.e. san + pi ) , so called from its partial resemblance , in its late form , to the letter pi . It has also been identified ...
... later period the obsolete letter was re - adopted as the numerical sign for 900 , and became the modern sampi ( i.e. san + pi ) , so called from its partial resemblance , in its late form , to the letter pi . It has also been identified ...
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... later period it was restored to the alphabet , as Z , for the purpose of transliteration of Greek words . As , however , its original place had been meanwhile filled by the new letter G , it was sent down to the end of the alphabet ...
... later period it was restored to the alphabet , as Z , for the purpose of transliteration of Greek words . As , however , its original place had been meanwhile filled by the new letter G , it was sent down to the end of the alphabet ...
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... later date is a tablet found in a grave in Dalmatia , containing a charm against evil spirits , in Latin , inscribed in cursive letters of the sixth century . Several specimens which have been recovered from mediæval graves prove that ...
... later date is a tablet found in a grave in Dalmatia , containing a charm against evil spirits , in Latin , inscribed in cursive letters of the sixth century . Several specimens which have been recovered from mediæval graves prove that ...
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... later period the Syrian variety of the plant was grown in Sicily , where it was probably introduced during the Arab occupation . It was seen there by the Arab traveller , Ibn - Haukal , in the tenth century , in the neigh- bourhood of ...
... later period the Syrian variety of the plant was grown in Sicily , where it was probably introduced during the Arab occupation . It was seen there by the Arab traveller , Ibn - Haukal , in the tenth century , in the neigh- bourhood of ...
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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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