Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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Page 44
... less skilled Christians . From Sicily the manu- facture passed over into Italy . Here we must pause a moment to revert to the ques- tion of the material of which oriental paper was made . As already stated , its early European names ...
... less skilled Christians . From Sicily the manu- facture passed over into Italy . Here we must pause a moment to revert to the ques- tion of the material of which oriental paper was made . As already stated , its early European names ...
Page 81
... less ♢ " Nemo cum Prophetas versibus viderit esse descriptos metro eos æstimet apud Hebræos ligari , et aliquid simile habere de Psalmis vel operibus Salomonis : sed quod in Demosthene et Tullio solet fieri , ut per cola scribuatur et ...
... less ♢ " Nemo cum Prophetas versibus viderit esse descriptos metro eos æstimet apud Hebræos ligari , et aliquid simile habere de Psalmis vel operibus Salomonis : sed quod in Demosthene et Tullio solet fieri , ut per cola scribuatur et ...
Page 85
... less artificial system , such as the substitution of other letters for the true letters required by the sense , only inci- dentally come within the scope of a work on Palæo- graphy . The cypher - system , like short - hand , has a ...
... less artificial system , such as the substitution of other letters for the true letters required by the sense , only inci- dentally come within the scope of a work on Palæo- graphy . The cypher - system , like short - hand , has a ...
Page 98
... its culminating point in the thirteenth century , the period when contraction was more excessively used than at any other ; but after that date marks and symbols are less rigidly formed and gradually 98 Palæography .
... its culminating point in the thirteenth century , the period when contraction was more excessively used than at any other ; but after that date marks and symbols are less rigidly formed and gradually 98 Palæography .
Page 99
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. date marks and symbols are less rigidly formed and gradually degenerate into hasty dashes and flourishes . Having thus traced the general construction of Latin abbreviation and contraction , we may now briefly ...
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. date marks and symbols are less rigidly formed and gradually degenerate into hasty dashes and flourishes . Having thus traced the general construction of Latin abbreviation and contraction , we may now briefly ...
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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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