The art of writing: scripts and scribal production
Julia Crick
The early Anglo-Saxon Church began in the competition between colonizing ambitions of at least three parties: Roman, Gaelic and Frankish Christians. Although influence Rome triumphed precipitated English into a relationship institutional ideological dependency, Gaeldom Gaul remained potent forces cultural history both new nation which later took shape under its influence. Britain was permanently dislocated from metropolis, Rome, by economy, language. As consequence, for more than half millennium writers copyists found themselves difficult suspension different zones, sustained imports texts personnel variety sources, but dependent on continent spiritual authority. This is struggle encapsulated script. It will have been manifest practical conditions each book or document produced, elements it are captured every specimen preserved modern scholarly scrutiny. Since late nineteenth century, least, cumulative evidence manuscripts palaeography has used to confirm historiographical models, constitute others, particularly concerning production Latin vernacular England.
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