Merovingian

Japanese: Merovingian
Merovingian

…After the fall of the Roman Empire, several regional scripts were born in Western Europe, and the small letter minuscule developed from Latin cursive script, which became the standard typeface for books in the Middle Ages. The small letter was perfected in the documents of the Frankish Kingdom as Merovingian (6th century), derived from the typeface of Roman provincial administrative decrees. The center of the development of calligraphy in the Middle Ages was the monastic manuscript workshops, and the types completed in monasteries such as Laon and Corby (8th century) are typical. …

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Japanese:

…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。中世のカリグラフィーの形成の中心は修道院写本工房であり,ラン,コルビーなどの修道院で仕上げられたタイプが典型をなす(8世紀)。…

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