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Unlock the secrets of ancient handwriting and learn how a practical cursive shaped the Roman world.
This scholarly guide surveys Roman cursive writing, its letters, ligatures, and the abbreviations that rules papers in Latin papyri. It offers a clear, methodical look at how this script developed and how scholars read it today, with attention to dating and palaeographic detail.
The book presents a focused, accessible view of the rise and forms of Roman cursive. Readers will see how writers joined letters, used ligatures, and created abbreviations that helped words fit on fragile surfaces. Through examples drawn from manuscripts, the work explains the challenges of transcription and dating, and it discusses the historical context of writing in late antiquity.
- How letter shapes and ligatures appear in late Roman cursive
- How abbreviations functioned and were dated in papyri
- Practical guidance for reading and interpreting palaeographic material
- Context on the development of notarial scripts and official hands
Ideal for students and researchers of paleography, classics, and manuscript studies seeking a clear, evidence-based overview.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book provides a detailed history of Roman cursive writing from its origin to the time of its development into the National hands and the Italian notarial scripts. It sheds light on the various differences between Roman cursive and capital writing, before the beginning of the Common Era. The author has made use of various sources to narrate this history, including the graffiti of Pompeii, wax tablets from the same city, Dacian and Egyptian wax tablets and finally, papyri and ostraka. Several undeciphered Dacian tablets have also been deciphered and translated in this book. These sources have been compared with one another, to the writing of inscriptions, and to the cursive hands found in a variety of Christian inscriptions. This book thus presents a comprehensive and meticulously researched study of Roman cursive writing. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332313099_0
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