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Palaeography (UK) or
paleography (US) (ultimately from
Ancient Gr****: παλαιός, palaiós, 'old', and γράφειν, gráphein, 'to write') is the
study and academic...
- Old
English (Englisc or Ænglisc,
pronounced [ˈeŋɡliʃ] or [ˈæŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, is the
earliest recorded form of the
English language,
spoken in England...
- In
palaeography, a
minim is a short,
vertical stroke used in handwriting. The word is
derived from the
Latin minimum,
meaning least or smallest. A minim...
- The
Latin script is the most
widely used
alphabetic writing system in the world. It is the
standard script of the
English language and is
often referred...
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Writing is
considered the "single most
influential study of
Chinese palaeography". Qiu
Xigui was born in July 1935 in Shanghai, of
Ningbo ancestry. In...
- of
Saint Maur. He was an
astute scholar who
founded the
discipline of
palaeography, as well as
being an
editor of
works of the
Fathers of the Church. He...
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Congregation of
Saint Maur. He is
considered the
founder of the
disciplines of
palaeography and diplomatics.
Mabillon was born in the town of Saint-Pierremont, then...
- letter-form or
letter form is a term used
especially in typography,
palaeography,
calligraphy and
epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. A
letterform is...
- 1940) is a
German scholar of
Oriental studies,
specializing in
Quranic palaeography,
Arabic calligraphy and orthography. He was a
lecturer of
Arabic language...
