Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... shapes , yet a brief sketch of the origin and formation of those alphabets is the natural introduc- tion to such a work as this . The alphabet which we use at the present day has been traced back , in all its essential forms , to the ...
... shapes , yet a brief sketch of the origin and formation of those alphabets is the natural introduc- tion to such a work as this . The alphabet which we use at the present day has been traced back , in all its essential forms , to the ...
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... shape the Egyptian hieroglyphs of the monu- ments appear to be totally different from the Semitic letters and to have nothing in common with them . Next , their names are different . The names of the Semitic letters are Semitic words ...
... shape the Egyptian hieroglyphs of the monu- ments appear to be totally different from the Semitic letters and to have nothing in common with them . Next , their names are different . The names of the Semitic letters are Semitic words ...
Page 60
... shape in general use , the roll form was almost entirely abandoned for literary purposes in the middle ages . It survived , how- ever , for some of the Greek liturgies , for mortuary rolls , for pedigrees , for certain brief chronicles ...
... shape in general use , the roll form was almost entirely abandoned for literary purposes in the middle ages . It survived , how- ever , for some of the Greek liturgies , for mortuary rolls , for pedigrees , for certain brief chronicles ...
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... shapes they are found in early MSS .; and eventually these square forms became the rounded and , the period at which they definitely arrived at this last stage being the 12th century . Only occasionally are marks of breathing found in ...
... shapes they are found in early MSS .; and eventually these square forms became the rounded and , the period at which they definitely arrived at this last stage being the 12th century . Only occasionally are marks of breathing found in ...
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... much changed in form since their first introduction , the greatest difference from the modern shapes being seen in 8 = 4 , and y = 5 . CHAPTER TIL GREEK FALEOGRAPEL Papyri THE first discovery of Greek 105 Paleography .
... much changed in form since their first introduction , the greatest difference from the modern shapes being seen in 8 = 4 , and y = 5 . CHAPTER TIL GREEK FALEOGRAPEL Papyri THE first discovery of Greek 105 Paleography .
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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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