The origin and progress of writing, as well hieroglyphic as elementary : illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts and charters, ancient and modern : also some account of the origin and progress of printing (1803)
Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803, Skelton, William, 1763-1848, Howard, Henry, 1769-1847 · London : Printed by T. Bensley for J. White · leaf 174
n nobis comple-tae sunt rerum. Plate eighteen, N° 3, contains several alphabets of capitals, initials,or uncials, and small letters taken from this ms. The first specimen in the seventeenth plate, is in Set-Saxon characters,and is taken from a very fair ms. formerly belonging to St.Augustasabby, in… … CHAP. V. OF WRITING. 103 contains the life of St.Paul the Hermit, and is worthy of attention, asit gives a specimen of the drawings and ornamented letters, which arefrequently to be seen in Saxon mss. of the eighth and ninth centuries.The figure is intended to represent the Hermit Paul, sitting in…
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