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Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Restitvtvs - 12-13-2006
This is the first in a series of posts on Roman (and other) alphabets, calligraphy, epigraphy, fonts, paleography, scripts, and writing systems. This is from my somewhat out-dated bookmark file, so I'll dig up some new links & post them here. +r
Alphabet:
http://www.proel.org/alfabetos.html
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/alphapage.html
Calligraphy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy
http://www.asor.org/outreach/Teachers/D ... eeper1.htm
http://www.atelier-calligraphie.com/fra ... frfont.htm
http://www.cynscribe.com/
http://www.medievalwriting.50megs.com/
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/tbp ... roman.htm#
http://www.vaxxine.com/mikwit/lessons/index.htm
Epigraphy:
http://www.angelfire.com/art/archictect ... graphy.htm
http://asgle.classics.unc.edu/newlinks/img.html
http://curses.csad.ox.ac.uk/ (Roman Britain Curse Tablets [It's better to light a small candle than to curse the darkness...])
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigraphy
http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.4/443_1.html (metal inscriptions, military diplomas)
http://pompeii.virginia.edu/tti/eb-insc ... -list.html
http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/RIB/RIBIV/jp1.htm
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/RIB/RIBIV/jp2.htm
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/RIB/RIBIV/jp4.htm
http://www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/oinscr1.html
http://www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/oinscr2.html
http://www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/oinscr3.html
http://www.romeartlover.it/Iscrizio.html
Fonts:
http://paleography.atspace.com/
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Al ... fonts2.htm
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/56 ... glish.html
http://www.historian.net/files.htm
Manuscripts/Paleography/Papyrology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_of_the_Papyri
http://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/class ... ilhome.htm
http://itsee.bham.ac.uk/vetuslatina/manuscripts.htm (Late Roman)http://www.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/interp_mss.html
http://www.ext.upmc.fr/urfist/menestrel ... 0intro.htm
http://www.palaeographia.org/palaeographia.htm
http://www.unigre.it/pubblicazioni/lasala/WEB/
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Scripts:
http://www.osb.org/gen/robling/script.html
http://employees.csbsju.edu/roliver/scrip/
Writing Systems:
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides.html
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/writing.htm
http://www.ancientscripts.com/
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/
http://www.historian.net/hxwrite.htm
http://www.krysstal.com/writing.html
http://www.omniglot.com/
http://www.textism.com/writing/
Abbreviations/Inscriptions
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/ ... toes2.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/epig ... onAbbr.htm
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/abb.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_La ... reviations
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08042a.htm
http://www.roman-britain.org/latin.htm
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Arahne - 12-14-2006
Very good database
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/adw/edh/
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - marsvigilia - 12-14-2006
I want to scratch my name into some of my equipment but am unsure how to make the the letters look like true lower class soldier chicken scratches or dot punches. Whenever I have seen example of Roman hand writing it doesn't look anything like the Roman alphabet I know. It doesn't seem to me that the handwriting appears to share much in common with the chiseled type on monuments.
Any ideas?
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Restitvtvs - 12-14-2006
Quote:I want to scratch my name into some of my equipment but am unsure how to make the the letters look like true lower class soldier chicken scratches or dot punches. Whenever I have seen example of Roman hand writing it doesn't look anything like the Roman alphabet I know. It doesn't seem to me that the handwriting appears to share much in common with the chiseled type on monuments.Old & New Roman "Cursive" (handwritten) alphabets/examples at:
Any ideas?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_cursive
http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/w ... rsive.html
http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/exhibition/paleo.shtml (follow several pages starting here)
http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/tablets/TVI-4-3.shtml
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/scrip ... etterindex
By comparing these examples with other handwriting samples, you can see variations from the examples. More in my next post here. +r
ADDED 07.03.11:
Roman Latin Alphabet Graffiti Lettering Variations:
Absolute, complete uniformity in anything Roman? Doubtful. Just as Romans were a somewhat & creative diverse lot, so were thier products.
Roman Graffit lettering is no exception, as briefly indicated on this webpage: http://www.ostia-antica.org/inter/graffiti.html
Roman Ostia graffiti lettering variation, compiled by Eric Taylor.
![[Image: letters1.gif]](http://www.ostia-antica.org/~graffiti/letters1.gif)
![[Image: letters2.gif]](http://www.ostia-antica.org/~graffiti/letters2.gif)
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Restitvtvs - 12-15-2006
Roman graffiti/graffito are another source of Roman handwriting:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=1 ... i+graffiti
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_ima ... cature.gif
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_ima ... ature4.gif
Hope these help. +r
punches - richsc - 12-15-2006
Quote:scratch my name into some of my equipment
I think that punching your name into the equipment is by far the most common way to mark it. I think some of the helmet DB photos on RAT show that.
Re: punches - Restitvtvs - 12-15-2006
Quote:Good additional info.Quote:scratch my name into some of my equipment
I think that punching your name into the equipment is by far the most common way to mark it. I think some of the helmet DB photos on RAT show that.
Quick Google search on Roman tags (metal) and curses yielded:
http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/curse.jpg
http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/his ... w2_042.jpg
http://faculty.luther.edu/~martinka/art ... /curse.jpg
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_ima ... tablet.jpg
http://faculty.luther.edu/~martinka/art ... /writ2.jpg
http://faculty.luther.edu/~martinka/art ... ys/dog.jpg
http://faculty.luther.edu/~martinka/art ... /writ3.jpg
These show both scratched and punched lettering. From what I've seen over the years: curses are more often scratched on softer lead and pottery pieces; but tags and most military items were in bronze and iron, and are more often more neatly punched.
Re: punches - marsvigilia - 12-15-2006
Quote:True but that still gets back to the question of what font would be used. Did they punch out the letters as they would be written as script?Quote:scratch my name into some of my equipment
I think that punching your name into the equipment is by far the most common way to mark it. I think some of the helmet DB photos on RAT show that.
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Carus Andiae - 06-25-2008
I know this thread is almost old enough to qualify as ancient history itself, but thought this would be an appropriate place for this: It's my attempt to create a 'Roman Cursive' TrueType font (which I rather pompously dubbed 'Vindolanda'!), as that was something that seemed to be lacking from the various fonts available.
![[Image: FONT.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/205Longbow/FONT.jpg)
If anyone thinks it's useable, let me know and I'll see if I can get the file to them.
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Julilla - 06-25-2008
Laudes! I'd love to have a copy!
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Carus Andiae - 06-26-2008
Righto - if you can send me a private message with your email, I'll (the god of computers permitting) send you the file.
Re: punches - Restitvtvs - 06-27-2008
Quote:Whoops. Lost track of your question.richsc:137plcbz Wrote:True but that still gets back to the question of what font would be used. Did they punch out the letters as they would be written as script?Quote:scratch my name into some of my equipment
I think that punching your name into the equipment is by far the most common way to mark it. I think some of the helmet DB photos on RAT show that.
Most of the few (about 20) punched examples I've seen, used block letters, e.g., the "Roman Quadrata" (aka "Square Capitals") font. This data set is too small to be reliable.
Hopefully other RAT members can provide more definitive answers.
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Julilla - 06-30-2008
Quote:Righto - if you can send me a private message with your email, I'll (the god of computers permitting) send you the file.
David, I was tremendously busy over the weekend, but I now have the time to compliment you on the Vindolanda font, which is excellent. I have long wanted just such an epigraphic font, but never had the time or talent to design one.
I've spent more time recreating facsimiles of the Vindolanda tablets themselves, using veneer, but having this font will be fun and useful, and I thank you most sincerely!
Re: Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script - Carus Andiae - 06-30-2008
Thanks! Delighted you're pleased with it!
Calligraphy Website Forum Roman Script - Restitvtvs - 04-08-2011
"Wet Canvas" website (free membership) has a nice, free calligraphy forum at:
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=340
Although there is little discussion on Roman scripts, there is much applicable discussion about calligraphy materials and methods. 8)