Encyclopedia - Palaeography: Encyclopedia Ii - Palaeography - History
Palaeography - Ancient paleography. Palaeography - Medieval paleography. When the Roman empire collapsed in the 4th century, Europe w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benevento: Encyclopedia - Benevento
Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolingian Minuscule: Encyclopedia - Carolingian Minuscule
Carolingian or Caroline minuscule is a script developed as a writing standard in Europe so that the Roman alphabet could be easily recogn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolingian Minuscule: Encyclopedia Ii - Carolingian Minuscule - Characteristics
Carolingian minuscule was clear and uniform, with rounded shapes, disciplined and above all, legible. Clear capital letters and spaces be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benevento: Encyclopedia Ii - Benevento - History
Benevento - Benevento in antiquity. The site was the chief town of the Samnites, who took refuge here after their defeat by the Roman R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benevento: Encyclopedia Ii - Benevento - Sights
Much damage has been done by earthquakes from time to time. The importance of Benevento in classical times is vouched for by the many rem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolingian Minuscule: Encyclopedia Ii - Carolingian Minuscule - Creation
The script ultimately developed from Roman Half Uncial and its cursive version, which had given rise to various Continental minuscule scr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolingian Minuscule: Encyclopedia Ii - Carolingian Minuscule - Role In Cultural Transmission
Scholars during the Carolingian renaissance sought out and copied in the new legible standardized hand many Roman texts that had been who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carolingian Minuscule: Encyclopedia Ii - Carolingian Minuscule - Spread
The new script spread through Western Europe most widely where Carolingian influence was strongest. It reached far afield: the 10th centu...   » Read the article