Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... referred to as the Ionian , common to the cities on the western coast of Asia Minor and the neighbouring islands , and the alphabets of Megara , Argos , and Corinth and her colonies ; and , in a modified degree , those of Attica , Naxos ...
... referred to as the Ionian , common to the cities on the western coast of Asia Minor and the neighbouring islands , and the alphabets of Megara , Argos , and Corinth and her colonies ; and , in a modified degree , those of Attica , Naxos ...
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... referred to by Dio Cassius , lxxii . 8 , in the passage : σε δώδεκα γραμματεία , οἷά γε ἐκ φιλύρας ποιεῖ- " " It seems that rolls made from lime - bark were co- existent at Rome with those made from papyrus , after the introduction of ...
... referred to by Dio Cassius , lxxii . 8 , in the passage : σε δώδεκα γραμματεία , οἷά γε ἐκ φιλύρας ποιεῖ- " " It seems that rolls made from lime - bark were co- existent at Rome with those made from papyrus , after the introduction of ...
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... referred to or copied in papyri of later date . Actual specimens of skin rolls from Egypt still exist . In the British Museum is a Rapport de M. Delisle , in Bulletin du Comité des Travaux hist . et scient . , 1885 , No. 2 . 5 Gregory ...
... referred to or copied in papyri of later date . Actual specimens of skin rolls from Egypt still exist . In the British Museum is a Rapport de M. Delisle , in Bulletin du Comité des Travaux hist . et scient . , 1885 , No. 2 . 5 Gregory ...
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... referred to by Herodotus , v . 58 , who adds that in his day many foreign nations also wrote on them . Parchment and Vellum . After what has been here stated regarding the early use of skins , the introduction of parchment , or vellum ...
... referred to by Herodotus , v . 58 , who adds that in his day many foreign nations also wrote on them . Parchment and Vellum . After what has been here stated regarding the early use of skins , the introduction of parchment , or vellum ...
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... referred to by Theophilus , a writer of the twelfth century ( Schedula diversarum artium , i . 24 ) as Greek parchment , pergamena Græca ; and he adds , " quæ fit ex lana ligni . " But it does not appear to have been used to any great ...
... referred to by Theophilus , a writer of the twelfth century ( Schedula diversarum artium , i . 24 ) as Greek parchment , pergamena Græca ; and he adds , " quæ fit ex lana ligni . " But it does not appear to have been used to any great ...
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