Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... Middle Ages - Greek writing in Western Europe CHAPTER XIII . - Latin Palæography : Majuscule writing- Square Capitals - Rustic Capitals - Uncials . CHAPTER XIV . - Latin Palæography ( continued ) : Mixed Uncials and Minuscules - Half ...
... Middle Ages - Greek writing in Western Europe CHAPTER XIII . - Latin Palæography : Majuscule writing- Square Capitals - Rustic Capitals - Uncials . CHAPTER XIV . - Latin Palæography ( continued ) : Mixed Uncials and Minuscules - Half ...
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... Middle Ages - The English Bock - Hand in the Middle Ages CHAPTER XIX . - Latin Palæography ( continued ) : Cursive writing - The Papal Chancery - The Imperial Chancery -English Charter - hand - English Chancery - hand - English Court ...
... Middle Ages - The English Bock - Hand in the Middle Ages CHAPTER XIX . - Latin Palæography ( continued ) : Cursive writing - The Papal Chancery - The Imperial Chancery -English Charter - hand - English Chancery - hand - English Court ...
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... middle ages . 5 The employment of this metal for such purposes may have been recommended by its supposed durability . But lead is in fact highly sensitive to chemical action , and is liable to rapid disintegration under certain circum ...
... middle ages . 5 The employment of this metal for such purposes may have been recommended by its supposed durability . But lead is in fact highly sensitive to chemical action , and is liable to rapid disintegration under certain circum ...
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... middle ages . In England the custom of using wooden tallies , inscribed as well as notched , in the public accounts lasted down to the present century . " " 2 Waxen and other Tablets . But we may assume that as a general rule tablets ...
... middle ages . In England the custom of using wooden tallies , inscribed as well as notched , in the public accounts lasted down to the present century . " " 2 Waxen and other Tablets . But we may assume that as a general rule tablets ...
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... middle ages in countries of Western Europe . Specimens inscribed with money accounts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries have survived to the present day in France ; and municipal accounts on tablets of the fourteenth and ...
... middle ages in countries of Western Europe . Specimens inscribed with money accounts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries have survived to the present day in France ; and municipal accounts on tablets of the fourteenth and ...
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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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