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Roman Cursive
Roman cursive (or Latin cursive) is a form of handwriting (or script) used in ancient Rome and to some extent into the Middle Ages. It is divided into old (or ancient) cursive, and new cursive. [The following text is adapted from Wikipedia.] Old Roman cursive, also called majuscule cursive and capitalis cursive, was the everyday form of handwriting used for writing letters, by merchants writing business accounts, by schoolchildren learning the Latin alphabet, and even by emperors issuing commands. A more formal style of writing was based on Roman square capitals, but cursive was used for quicker, informal writing. It was most commonly used from about the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. Old Roman cursive is very difficult to read for people today. 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 letter forms that are more recognizable. This evolved into the medieval script known as Carolingian minuscule, which was used in 9th century France and Germany in the imperial chancery, and whose revival in the Renaissance forms the basis of our modern lowercase letters. Samples from Claude Mediavilla: Roman Cursive of the first century. Roman cursive of the fourt century. Other samples: Fourth century roman cursive, Seventh century roman cursive. |
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file name: Old New Roman Cursive
file name: Claude Mediavilla Roman Cursive 1st Century
file name: Claude Mediavilla Roman Cursive 4th Century
file name: Roman 4th Century
file name: Roman 7th Century
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