The reform of scripts which spread Caroline minuscule over most of western Europe by the 10th century can perhaps be seen as a reform of legibility at a time when society was becoming increasingly dependent upon the written word. | It was no longer enough to have a charter, you had to know what it said. | In both continental Europe and Britain the new script was adapted for significant documents, although in Europe exaggerated ascenders and descenders were still employed to add a litle extra flourish to important documents. | ||
Source english text: Medieval Writing | | We also know Caroline, she is a lawyer, now studying at UCSD, San Diego in California. We have not her photo. But this is the photo of her golf trolley. Good work Caroline !!. |
mardi 6 décembre 2011
CAROLINA Alphabet
Publié par Eric Margot the illustrator à 14:22
Libellés : CAROLINA Alphabet
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