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  2. Penmanship - Wikipedia

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    Roman cursive or informal handwriting started out as a derivative of the capital letters, though the tendency to write quickly and efficiently made the letters less precise. [10] Half-uncials (minuscules) were lowercase letters, which eventually became the national hand of Ireland. [9]

  3. Manuscript - Wikipedia

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    On the top of the left hand page is an illuminated letter "D" – initial of "De urinarum differencia negocium" (The matter of the differences of urines). Inside the letter is a picture of a master on bench pointing at a raised flask while lecturing on the "Book on urines" of Theophilus. The right hand page is only shown in part.

  4. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Handwritten letterforms of the mid-15th century calligraphy were the natural models for letterforms in systematized typography. [1] The scribal letter known as textur or textualis, produced by the strong gothic spirit of blackletter from the hands of German area scribes, served as the model for the first text types.

  5. History of writing - Wikipedia

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    This article cites its sources but its page reference ranges are too broad or incorrect. Please help in adding a more precise page range. (July 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Survey of eight prominent scripts (left to right, top to bottom): Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Maya script, Devanagari, Latin alphabet, Arabic alphabet, Braille Part of ...

  6. Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives ...

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    If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

  7. Manuscript culture - Wikipedia

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    Lines were counted off based on the exemplar and marked in advance, while the typesetting reflected the layout of the manuscript's text. Within a few generations, however, printed books were used as new exemplars. This process created various "family trees", as many printed sources would be double checked against earlier manuscripts if the ...

  8. Handwritten letters can still provide the authenticity we all ...

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    Holding and reading a handwritten letter the other day felt so strange yet so familiar — like a blast from an almost forgotten, past.

  9. History of books - Wikipedia

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    Libraries were private or created at the behest of an individual. Julius Caesar , for example, wanted to establish one in Rome, proving that libraries were signs of political prestige. In the year 377, there were 28 libraries in Rome, and it is known that there were many smaller libraries in other cities.