A History of the Alphabet |
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A B C's achab aleph alphabetical symbols ancient angles appear birbus birit black-letter Carolinian minuscule CENTURY B. C. classical drawn letters efforts Egyp Egypt Egyptian hieroglyphs eius evolution filij filium Freddie Greeks HIERATIC hieroglyphic ox's head humanists ichu idea of hunger ifrabel ingrellus intention ioram Italy Justinian later letter forms developed letters developed letters were turned lower case letters minuscule letters MOABITE STONE monasteries movable type neo-caroline ninth century ochozias papyrus PETRIE FRAGMENTS Phoenician letter Phoenicians called pictograph ramoth REED PEN regua uit resulted Romans Rome ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY Semitic Alphabet Semitic letter names serifs Sinai small letters sound stone cut inscriptions stylus syllabary tendency to round thicken down strokes tion took the alphabet traced uncial form uncial letter vellum W X Y Z wax tablets word carpet word for ox writ writing of manuscripts writing outfit written ΑΥΤΟΙΣ ΚΑΡΙΟΝ ΤΑΣ τω ཚུ