Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... Vellum - Paper • • CHAPTER IV . - Writing implements : Stilus , pen , etc. - Inks -Various implements CHAPTER V. - Forms of Books : The Roll - The Codex - The Text - Punctuation - Accents , etc. - Palimpsests . CHAPTER VI ...
... Vellum - Paper • • CHAPTER IV . - Writing implements : Stilus , pen , etc. - Inks -Various implements CHAPTER V. - Forms of Books : The Roll - The Codex - The Text - Punctuation - Accents , etc. - Palimpsests . CHAPTER VI ...
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... vellum , and paper , which , from their greater abundance and convenience , have , each one in its turn , displaced all others . But of the other materials several , including some which at first sight seem of a most unpromising ...
... vellum , and paper , which , from their greater abundance and convenience , have , each one in its turn , displaced all others . But of the other materials several , including some which at first sight seem of a most unpromising ...
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... vellum , and paper . Papyrus . The papyrus plant , Cyperus Papyrus , which supplied the substance for the great writing material of the ancient world , was widely cultivated in the Delta of Egypt . From this part of the country it has ...
... vellum , and paper . Papyrus . The papyrus plant , Cyperus Papyrus , which supplied the substance for the great writing material of the ancient world , was widely cultivated in the Delta of Egypt . From this part of the country it has ...
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... vellum as a material for letters , " if papyrus fails " ; and St. Augustine , Ep . xv . , apologizes for using vellum instead of papyrus . A fragmentary epistle of Constantine V. to Pepin le Bref , of 756 , is preserved at Paris . A few ...
... vellum as a material for letters , " if papyrus fails " ; and St. Augustine , Ep . xv . , apologizes for using vellum instead of papyrus . A fragmentary epistle of Constantine V. to Pepin le Bref , of 756 , is preserved at Paris . A few ...
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... vellum leaves in- corporated to give stability , are found in different libraries of Europe . They are : The Homilies of St. Avitus , of the 6th century , at Paris ; Sermons and Epistles of St. Augustine , of the 6th or 7th century , at ...
... vellum leaves in- corporated to give stability , are found in different libraries of Europe . They are : The Homilies of St. Avitus , of the 6th century , at Paris ; Sermons and Epistles of St. Augustine , of the 6th or 7th century , at ...
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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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