01-03-2016, 09:17 PM
Hi
That dot on the tablet looks more like part of a letter to me; Roman cursive script can come out like that, especially as these were more informal documents than scribed papyri. Most vindolanda tablets I've seen have very irregular word gaps, if any.
Interpuncts were used in formal texts and inscriptions, but for ordinary, everyday handwriting I suspect the rules were less hard and fast.
For a non-native speaker, the dots would be very helpful - around the beginning of the 1st millennium they'd have been quite likely to be in written text anyway.
That dot on the tablet looks more like part of a letter to me; Roman cursive script can come out like that, especially as these were more informal documents than scribed papyri. Most vindolanda tablets I've seen have very irregular word gaps, if any.
Interpuncts were used in formal texts and inscriptions, but for ordinary, everyday handwriting I suspect the rules were less hard and fast.
For a non-native speaker, the dots would be very helpful - around the beginning of the 1st millennium they'd have been quite likely to be in written text anyway.
Aidan.
Teacher of Latin, Ancient Greek and Ancient History. All-round fan of all things Classical, especially Military History. Aspiring/dreaming writer of Historical Fiction.
Teacher of Latin, Ancient Greek and Ancient History. All-round fan of all things Classical, especially Military History. Aspiring/dreaming writer of Historical Fiction.
