History of the Latin script - Wikipedia
The lower case (minuscule) letters developed in the Middle Ages from New Roman Cursive writing, first as the uncial script, and later as minuscule script. The old Roman letters were retained for formal inscriptions and for emphasis in written documents.
History of writing - Wikipedia
The most widespread descendant of Greek is the Latin script, named for the Latins, a central Italian people who came to dominate Europe with the rise of Rome. Around the 5th century BCE, the Romans adopted writing from the Etruscan civilization , who wrote in a number of Italic scripts derived from the western Greeks.
History of the alphabet - Wikipedia
Greek is in turn the source of all the modern scripts of Europe. The alphabet of the early western Greek dialects, where the letter eta remained an /h/, gave rise to the Old Italic alphabet which in turn developed into the Old Roman alphabet.
Ancient Scripts: Rustic Capitals, Old and New Roman Cursive
May 25, 2016 · The oldest example of authentic Latin cursive is a copy of Claudius' (Roman Emperor, r.41-54 CE) speech, a papyrus of the oratio Claudii on reforming justice. We can date it to later than 41-54, as Claudius was not emperor until 41CE.
Roman Square Capitals: Prestigious Script That ... - Ancient Pages
Sep 16, 2019 · The earliest Roman script was entirely in capitals, and in all eras, this form of writing delighted the human eye with its elegance. To this day, the Roman square capitals can be admired on old stone inscriptions. Before the 4th century, square capitals were used to write de luxe copies of the works.
Script - World History Encyclopedia
Jan 30, 2023 · The oldest script in the world is cuneiform, invented in Sumer, Mesopotamia, c. 3500 BCE and revised at the Sumerian city of Uruk c. 3200 BCE. Why was script invented? Script was invented to allow for communication in long-distance trade.
The Sole Surviving Example of Roman Literary Cursive Script and …
British Library Papyrus 745, a fragment of a anonymous work entitled De bellis Macedonicis, found at Oxyrthynchus, Egypt, and acquired by the British Museum in 1900, is the oldest surviving remains of a Latin manuscript written on parchment rather than papyrus.
Epigraphy - Roman Inscriptions, Archaeology, Scripts | Britannica
The marble Columna Rostrata—found in Rome in 1565 and now at the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitoline Hill—records a naval victory of Duilius (consul in 260 bce) over the Carthaginians; but the inscription, replete with fake archaism, dates from a restoration effort in early imperial days.
Roman Writing - Corinium Museum
Casual writing was written in a simpler form known as “cursive” script. Roman cursive script is divided in to two families; Old Roman Cursive ORC and New Roman Cursive NRC. ORC (sometimes called capital cursive) was dominant during the first three centuries AD. In the late third century it was replaced by NRC (sometimes called minuscule ...
Roman script | Carolingian, Uncial & Insular | Britannica
Roman script, in calligraphy, script based upon the clear, orderly Carolingian writing that Italian humanists mistook for the ancient Roman script used at the time of Cicero (1st century bc). They used the term roman to distinguish this supposedly classical style from black-letter and national