Carolingian Minuscule

rew4er2nail

 

Circa Holy Roman Empire

between ninth

and thirteenth century

after common era

(approximately 800 AD and 1200 AD)

benchmark year 780 bracketed

Benedictine monks

Of Corbie Abbey

devised cheeky

guttural lingual rapartee


vis a vis European

calligraphic standard

script inked lined

writ via extant Irish

and English monastic

members nsync

strong influence

of Irish literati


eased communication

popular Latin cognoscenti

common lingua franca

spawned Carolingian Renaissance

Codices, pagan

Christian text

plus educational material

written viz Carolingian minuscule

Emperor Charlemagne

issued prescription


(hence named Carolingian)

boosted unified modus operandi

he advocated learning,

though somewhat illiterate

recognized value of education

predicated on singular

codified regional alphabet,

the then webbed wide world


linkedin, sans uniform symbolic shapes

uncontested salient advantage

offered up ease to master

clear distinct explicit letter formation

simple logic boosted

rapidly transmitted standardization,

especially with exceptional legible

readable characteristic

adequate spaces between words

Merovingian "chancery hand"

reserved to draft traditional charters

Gothic and Anglo Saxon


favored traditional local script

as opposed to Latin

learning latter involved less tricked out

embellished flourishes

or interconnected strokes

drawn by a scribe

allowing, enabling, and providing

greater popularity to teach masses,

latent etymological nuances apparent

centuries following implementation

quasi initial Carolingian letters

steadfast, where Carolingian

influence moats strong

adopted local stylistic signature flavor

divergence woke since proliferation

stoking diffuse prospects

decreeing entrenched footing,

where auspices boded prescient

until groundswell didst surcease

sub limb mated into modern patois.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: rew4er2nail (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 14th, 2018 19:03
  • Category: Religion
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