The origin and Development of Humanistic Script
Ullman 471.7941
humanistic
straight d
" f. (final s)
- [?ousta?] of the Tironien
symbol fn et shaped like
the fiy we 7 --> &
(our ampersand)
gothic
o (unical)
Ss - round s in 2 fnms
long s, fat in the middle - the
distinctive characteristic of [?bastanda?]
(Lowe)
cardinal rule - if a letter ends with a
bow and the following letter begins with one
the 2 letters are
written conjoint.
7. use of 2 fn and after a letter ending in
a bow
(Lowe)
2 shaped and (2)
the [?restoration?] of the ae ligature
in 2 fnms (one in a fnm familiar today,
the other with a subscript a similar to a cedilla)
drove out the single e.
Gothic script in Italy
tends to be roundish, in
France and England it is
angular
Round letters stand
apart n touch but do
not overlap
Fusion of round letters
Medieval gathering of 8 leaves vs [illegible]
use of spelling mihi michi [inserted] 18 [illegible] (medieval) - preferred by Salutali. [end inserted]
hihil hichil
auctor
in our earliest Latin manuscripts abbreviations and ligatures were employed at
the ends of lines in [illegible] to achieve a [illegible] straight rt. margin. One device
to fill out a short line was to write on i (or we may call it the 1st stroke
of an m, n, etc) and then to delete it lightly.- also a ancelled o
on large forms of letters such as a round S lying on its back - world
division
Poggio
accent marks á, é, ó (in adverbs)
ct ligature (avoid [illegible])
final word hyphenation
capitals - the 2nd i of ii is taller
S and C [illegible] of letter g
V is occ. used for a
formal [illegible] (inventor)
of -
earliest
example 1402 or 3
protype fo the
Roman fonts
[?Mejuscules?] - capital based on inscriptions
rather on manuscripts
to Poggio, we owe the [illegible]
into [illegible] script of square capitals
based on inscriptions. (1403-8)
Niccolo Niccoli --> humanistic cursive - the kind
of hand that led to the italic type fonts
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