Insular script — was a medieval script system used in Ireland and Britain (Latin: insula , island ). It later spread to Continental Europe in centres under the influence of Celtic Christianity. It is associated with Insular art, of which most surviving examples… … Wikipedia
insular script — noun see insular hand … Useful english dictionary
Insular G — () is a form of the letter g resembling a tailed z, used in the British Isles. It was first used by the Irish, passed into Old English, and developed into the Middle English letter yogh; Middle English, having reborrowed the familiar Carolingian… … Wikipedia
Insular period — The Insular Period may refer to:*the period in which Insular art, Insular script and Early Insular Christianity occurred in the early medieval British Isles. * [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz 05/rsnz 05 00 001950.html Certain periods]… … Wikipedia
insular hand — noun or insular script Usage: usually capitalized I : a script characterized by thick initial strokes and heavy shading developed from half uncial under the influence of uncial by Irish scribes about the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. and used in… … Useful english dictionary
Insular art — Insular art, also known as the Hiberno Saxon style, is the style of art produced in the post Roman history of the British Isles, and the term is also used in relation to the script used at the time. The period in which they were produced is also… … Wikipedia
Uncial script — Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. From the 8th century to the 13th century the script was more often used as a display script in headings and titles. DevelopmentEarly uncial… … Wikipedia
Gaelic script — Infobox Writing system name= Latin script (Gaelic variant) type= Alphabet typedesc= time= ? languages= Irish sisters= children= sample= Gaelic font Gaelach.png imagesize= 200px iso15924= LatgThe term Gaelic script, a translation of the Irish… … 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
Early Insular Christianity — is a term used to cover Christianity in Great Britain and Ireland during the post Roman period. It splits into two strands: Celtic Christianity (5th to 8th centuries), the Christianity surviving from the Roman period in the Celtic areas of… … Wikipedia
