Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Cryptic Scripts and Esoteric Hand Forms
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Gold-ink handwriting in illuminated medieval manuscripts
- 2. A visual art form blending writing with stylized beauty
- 3. Type of ornate script named after a 16th-century poet
- 5. Art of rapid handwriting that captures fleeting speech
- 7. Marginal handwritten note appended to legal manuscripts
- 14. Love for beautiful handwriting and penmanship's charm
- 15. Local handwritten dialect differing from formal script
- 16. Invented script known for angular, cryptic letterforms
Down
- 4. Rounded majuscule script used by Latin and Greek monks
- 6. Study of ancient scripts revealing history's handwriting
- 8. Secretive writing style mimicking symbolic gestures
- 9. Obscure term for elaborate script decoration in manuscripts
- 10. Technique using minuscule letters to form larger images
- 11. Medieval blackletter script noted for pointed strokes
- 12. Simplified Egyptian cursive script used by priests
- 13. Brief and concise writing system for transcription speed
- 17. Distinctive Renaissance English handwriting style and flourish
- 18. Ancient musical notation predating modern handwriting
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