…In the 3rd century, the Latin uncial and semi-uncial scripts, with their beautiful rounded lines suitable for reed pens, appeared and played an important role as the book font of the Christian world for the next 500 years. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, several regional scripts were born in Western Europe, and the small letter minuscule developed from Latin cursive script, and in the Middle Ages these scripts were elevated to the standard book font. The small letter was perfected in documents of the Frankish Kingdom as the Merovingian type (6th century), derived from the script of Roman provincial administrative decrees. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "minuscule" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…一方,3世紀に,葦ペンに適した丸味のある筆線の美しさを備えたラテン語アンシャル体およびセミ・アンシャル体が現れ,以後500年間キリスト教世界の書籍用書体として重要な役割を果たした。ローマ帝国の崩壊後,西欧にはいくつかの地方的書体が生まれ,ラテン草書体から小文字minusculeが発展し,中世にはこれらの書体が標準的書籍用書体にまで高められていく。小文字は,ローマ地方行政令の書体から派生したメロビング体Merovingian(6世紀)としてフランク王国の文書で完成された。… ※「minuscule」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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