Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... Roll - The Codex - The Text - Punctuation - Accents , etc. - Palimpsests . CHAPTER VI . - Stichometry - Tachygraphy - Cryptography CHAPTER VII . — Abbreviations and Contractions - Numerals CHAPTER VIII . - Greek Palæography : Papyri ...
... Roll - The Codex - The Text - Punctuation - Accents , etc. - Palimpsests . CHAPTER VI . - Stichometry - Tachygraphy - Cryptography CHAPTER VII . — Abbreviations and Contractions - Numerals CHAPTER VIII . - Greek Palæography : Papyri ...
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... roll ) which was made from it . The inner bark of the lime - tree , pıλúpa , tilia , was chosen as most suitable . Pliny , Nat . Hist . xvi . 14 , describing this tree , says : " Inter corticem et lignum tenues tunicæ sunt multiplici ...
... roll ) which was made from it . The inner bark of the lime - tree , pıλúpa , tilia , was chosen as most suitable . Pliny , Nat . Hist . xvi . 14 , describing this tree , says : " Inter corticem et lignum tenues tunicæ sunt multiplici ...
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... rolls made from lime - bark were co- existent at Rome with those made from papyrus , after the introduction of the latter material ; but the home- made bark must soon have disappeared before the imported Egyptian papyrus , which had so ...
... rolls made from lime - bark were co- existent at Rome with those made from papyrus , after the introduction of the latter material ; but the home- made bark must soon have disappeared before the imported Egyptian papyrus , which had so ...
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... rolls themselves exist of immense antiquity . The most ancient papyrus roll now extant is the Papyrus Prisse , at Paris , which contains the copy of a work composed in the reign of a king of the fifth dynasty and is itself of about the ...
... rolls themselves exist of immense antiquity . The most ancient papyrus roll now extant is the Papyrus Prisse , at Paris , which contains the copy of a work composed in the reign of a king of the fifth dynasty and is itself of about the ...
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... roll , scapus , but not more than twenty was the pre- scribed number . There are , however , rolls of more than ... roll was naturally that part which was more exposed to risk of damage and to general wear and tear . The best sheets were ...
... roll , scapus , but not more than twenty was the pre- scribed number . There are , however , rolls of more than ... roll was naturally that part which was more exposed to risk of damage and to general wear and tear . The best sheets were ...
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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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