#Byzantineodons Question for someone who knows #Greek#paleography far better than I do: How would you describe this hand? It looked minuscule from a distance, but close up the letterforms are way easier to read and more consistent across position...
(#Vatican Pal.gr.258 the text is Paulus Evergetinus Synagoge) @medievodons#Medievodons
It’s definitely minuscule, as distinct from uncial or any other type of Greek script. What distinguishes it is a relative absence of ligatures; most late-medieval Greek scribes used them heavily, but a few in the 15th century had a lighter touch. Wendelin da Spira and Nicolas Jenson based their Greek types on the latter variety, but Aldus chose the former…
@aaronm@medievodons It's probably irrelevant but it reminds me of greek-writing hands I have seen in southern Italy (Montecassino's greek settlements) around year 1000s. @archivistodon
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