Uncial is a majuscule script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters...
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"Insular script" is used to refer to a diverse family of scripts used for different functions. At the top of the hierarchy was the Insular half-uncial (or...
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developed from uncial script, and shares many features of uncial, especially an uncial form of the letter ⟨g⟩. Other features of the script include an open-top...
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Greek alphabet (redirect from Greek script)
Greek and Latin uncial models; The Glagolitic alphabet, devised in the 9th century AD for writing Old Church Slavonic; The Cyrillic script, which replaced...
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Early Cyrillic alphabet (redirect from Old Cyrillic script)
earliest form of manuscript Cyrillic, known as ustav, was based on Greek uncial script, augmented by ligatures and by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet...
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A New Testament uncial is a section of the New Testament in Greek or Latin majuscule letters, written on parchment or vellum. This style of writing is...
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Roman cursive Uncial script Insular script Beneventan script Visigothic script Merovingian script Archival Skills: Palaeography Types of Script, Harvard's...
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translation, mostly of Byzantine authors. The Cyrillic script is derived from the Greek uncial script letters, augmented by ligatures and consonants from...
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Merovingian script: the monasteries of Luxeuil, Laon, Corbie, and Chelles. Each script developed from uncial, half-uncial, and the Merovingian charter scripts. The...
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cursive script had developed that used slanted, interconnected glyphs and many ligatures. From the mid-9th century AD onwards, the uncial script was replaced...
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