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Rustic capitals (littera capitalis rustica) is an ancient Roman calligraphic script.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Ancient Rome, Bernhard Bischoff, Calligraphy, Coelius Sedulius, Descender, Evangelist portrait, Papyrus, Parchment, Prudentius, Roman cursive, Roman square capitals, Terence, Uncial script, Vergilius Romanus, Vergilius Vaticanus, Virgil.

  2. Early Middle Ages
  3. Latin language in ancient Rome
  4. Latin-script calligraphy
  5. Medieval scripts
  6. Papyrology

Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Bernhard Bischoff

Bernhard Bischoff (20 December 1906 – 17 September 1991) was a German historian, paleographer, and philologist; he was born in Altendorf (administrative division of Altenburg, Thuringia), and he died in Munich.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing. Rustic capitals and Calligraphy are writing.

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Coelius Sedulius

Sedulius (sometimes with the nomen Coelius or Caelius, both of doubtful authenticity) was a Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century.

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Descender

In typography and handwriting, a descender is the portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font.

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Evangelist portrait

Evangelist portraits are a specific type of miniature included in ancient and mediaeval illuminated manuscript Gospel Books, and later in Bibles and other books, as well as other media.

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Papyrus

Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. Rustic capitals and Papyrus are Papyrology.

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Parchment

Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats.

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Prudentius

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348.

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Roman cursive

Roman cursive (or Latin cursive) is a form of handwriting (or a script) used in ancient Rome and to some extent into the Middle Ages. Rustic capitals and Roman cursive are Latin language in ancient Rome, Latin-script calligraphy, Palaeography and Western calligraphy.

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Roman square capitals

Roman square capitals, also called capitalis monumentalis, inscriptional capitals, elegant capitals and capitalis quadrata, are an ancient Roman form of writing, and the basis for modern capital letters. Rustic capitals and Roman square capitals are Latin language in ancient Rome, Latin-script calligraphy and Palaeography.

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Terence

Publius Terentius Afer (–), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright during the Roman Republic.

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Uncial script

Uncial is a majusculeGlaister, Geoffrey Ashall. Rustic capitals and Uncial script are Early Middle Ages, Greek New Testament uncials, Latin-script calligraphy, Medieval scripts, Palaeography, Papyrology, Western calligraphy and writing.

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Vergilius Romanus

The Vergilius Romanus (Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867), also known as the Roman Vergil, is a 5th-century illustrated manuscript of the works of Virgil.

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Vergilius Vaticanus

The Vergilius Vaticanus, also known as Vatican Virgil (Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3225), is a Late Antique illuminated manuscript containing fragments of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics.

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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See also

Early Middle Ages

Latin language in ancient Rome

Latin-script calligraphy

Medieval scripts

Papyrology

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_capitals

Also known as Capitales rusticae, Capitalis rustica, Rustic capital.