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________________ THE LATIN ALPHABET 549 the Frankish empire, and during the next two centuries it became the nain book-hand of western Europe. It was the official script of the Carolingian imperial Government and, for a certain period, of the chancery of the Holy Roman Empire. The blending of the majuscules and the minuscules into combined service is due mainly to this script. It was employed until the twelfth century, and had a few varieties such as the Frankish, Italian, and German; the most important English variety we-yolunacce di pra &predicanone uof faciət implere digna con abrorfonikimo priistubro Fig. 248 1. Anglo-Irish semi-uincials of the end of the seventh century A.D. (Gospels of St. Chad; now at Lichfield) 2, Winchester School hand, eleventh century Benedictional; Biblio théque Nationale, Puris). 3. The "black letter" or Gothic hand of the Caroline script was the clear Winchester School hand (Fig. 248, 2), partly influenced by the Anglo-Irish hand. "Black letter" or Gothic In the course of the next centuries various book-hands, court-hands or charter hands and other cursive scripts developed from the Caroline. Minuscule semi-cursive, eighth century AD).. . arum votira solemnitate sollet] (St. Maximus, Milan, Bibl. Ambros.) [quod remanet et statius sapere 2. Semi-uncials, prior to A.D. 509-510 proferremi non queror quia (St. Hilarius; Rome, Arch. Cap. di [ignoro sed tamen querella famosa S. Pietro) 3. Visigothic, A.D. 954 solis profanatoribes et prol-1 Escorial, Madrid) fanationibus cunctis +, Germanic pre-Caroline, eighth-ninth Et camions sit iudex sensus cerebrt century A.D. qui intrinsecus presidet permeatus (St. Gregory, Bibl. Ap. Vatic.) 5. Anglo-Saxon minuscule as ernployed on St quis autem rerunt qui premesse montur. the continent: Mainz, Germany, eccl[esia) cighth-ninth century AD). out priabiter . aut. diaconus post hanc (Bibl. Ap. Vatic.) definitionem 6. Round humanistic or renaissance hand, [cidicutit intervalla ramorum fifteenth century AD. amplitudinis ratio (Plinius, Bibl. Ap. Vatic. tambre cuitesque arboris quoniam has quoque 7. Cursive humanistic, fifteenth century A.D), quam principi se oblicasset: sed in (M. Salamonio, Bibl. Ap. Vatic.) decretali nostra mutue po mus obligationes.cernuntur, et imperialas sublimitas in 8. Uncials, fourth century A.D. Vae autem praegl-1 (St. Gallen) nantibus et lactan[-1
SR No.007273
Book TitleAlphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorDavid Diringer
PublisherHutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications
Publication Year1953
Total Pages609
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size29 MB
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