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Beneventan script — was a medieval script, so called because it originated in the Duchy of Benevento in southern Italy. It was also called Langobarda , Longobarda , Longobardisca (signifying its origins with the Langobards), or sometimes Gothica ; it was first… … Wikipedia
Merovingian script — 8th century Merovingian script Merovingian script was a medieval script so called because it was developed in France during the Merovingian dynasty. It was used in the 7th and 8th centuries before the Carolingian dynasty and the development of… … Wikipedia
Visigothic script — was a type of medieval script, so called because it originated in the Visigothic kingdom in Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, modern Spain and Portugal). It is also called littera toletana or littera mozarabica .The script was used from… … Wikipedia
Copperplate script — Not to be confused with Copperplate Gothic. Sample of a digital Copperplate typeface based on the Letraset Gravura typeface by Phill Grimshaw. Copperplate, or English round hand, is a style of calligraphic writing, using a sharp pointed nib… … Wikipedia
Lombards — The Lombards (Latin Langobardi , whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the… … Wikipedia
Carolingian minuscule — [ right|frame|Example from 10th century manuscript, Vulgate Luke 1:5 8.] Carolingian or Caroline minuscule is a script developed as a writing standard in Europe so that the Roman alphabet could be easily recognized by the small literate class… … Wikipedia
Écriture bénéventaine — Page de la Regula Benedicti, écrite vers 1075–1090, provenant de la bibliothèque de Monte Cassino L’écriture bénéventaine (ou bénéventine, en latin beneventana) est une écriture livresque qui a été en usage principalement dans le Sud de l’Italie … Wikipédia en Français
calligraphy — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. calligraphic /kal i graf ik/, calligraphical, adj. calligraphically, adv. /keuh lig reuh fee/, n. 1. fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the… … Universalium
Beneventana — Seite der Regula Benedicti, datiert auf 1075–1090, aus der Bibliothek von Monte Cassino Die Beneventana ist eine langobardische Buchschrift, die vor allem in Süditalien verbreitet war. Am bekanntesten ist der Stil von Monte Cassino. Ihren Namen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Palaeography — Palaeography, (British), or paleography (American) (from the Greek gr. παλαιός palaiós , old and gr. γράφειν graphein , to write ) is the study of ancient handwriting, and the practice of deciphering and reading historical manuscripts. [… … Wikipedia
