Roman cursive
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Roman cursive (or Latin cursive) is a form of
Old Roman Cursive
Old Roman
It is most commonly attested from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE,
New Roman cursive
New Roman cursive, also called minuscule cursive or later Roman cursive, developed from old Roman cursive. It was used from approximately the 3rd century to the 7th century, and uses letterforms that are more recognizable to modern readers: "a", "b", "d", and "e" have taken a more familiar shape, and the other letters are proportionate to each other rather than varying wildly in size and placement on the line.
These letter forms would gradually evolve into various scripts with a more regional character by the 7th century, such as the
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Oxford, Scripts at Vindolanda page 2 page 3
- ^ Oxford, Scripts at Vindolanda: Historical context.
References
- Jan-Olaf Tjäder, Die nichtliterarischen lateinischen Papyri Italiens aus der Zeit 445–700 (Lund, 1955).
- Vindolanda Tablets on line, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Academic Computing Development Team at Oxford University.
Further reading
- 'Manual of Latin Palaeography' (A comprehensive PDF file containing 82 pages profusely illustrated, June 2024).
- Latin cursive presented by the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection
- Vindolanda: Roman documents discovered, Current Archaeology, a World Wide Web article, based on a fuller accounts in Current Archaeology Nos. 116, 128. 132 and 153.