A crossword exploring various historical and stylistic handwritten manuscript forms.
Intricate Script Styles of Manuscripts
Explore nine distinct handwritten manuscript styles through this engaging crossword puzzle designed to deepen your knowledge of historic and artistic penmanship.
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- 2. Standardized clear script from Charlemagne’s era
- 5. A formal script used in royal and administrative documents
- 7. A less common medieval handwriting style used mainly in documents
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- 1. Elegant slanted script created during the Renaissance
- 3. Also called Textura, a tightly packed Gothic script
- 4. Lowercase script developed to increase readability in manuscripts
- 6. A dense and angular medieval script style prominent in Western Europe
- 8. A delicate cursive script developed in medieval monasteries
- 9. A rounded majuscule script commonly used from the 4th to 8th century
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