The volume contains a critical review of data, results and open
problems concerning the principal Greek and Coptic majuscule
bookhands, based on previous research of the author, revised and
updated to offer an overview of the different graphic phenomena.
Although the various chapters address the history of different
types of scripts (i.e. biblical majuscule, sloping poitend
majuscule, liturgical majuscule, epigraphic and monumental
scripts), their juxtaposition allows us to identify common issues
of the comparative method of palaeography. From an overall critical
assessment of these aspects the impossibility of applying a unique
historical paradigm to interpret the formal expressions and the
history of the different bookhands comes up, due to the fact that
each script follows different paths. Particular attention is also
devoted to the use of Greek majuscules in the writing of ancient
Christian books. A modern and critical awareness of palaeographic
method may help to place the individual witnesses in the context of
the main graphic trends, in the social and cultural environments in
which they developed, and in a more accurate chronological
framework.
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