Book production in the Carolingian empire and the spread of Caroline minuscule
David Ganz|Rosamond McKitterick
The choice of scripts, and the extent nature book production in Spain, Britain southern Italy, serve as a reminder what might have happened without resources Carolingian faith power. evidence for manuscripts which could be used by readers is twofold: survived whole or part, few catalogues libraries. Book throughout empire on scale required an increase number scribes, formalisation their training. scriptoria developed uniform script, Caroline minuscule, to copy texts Greek, Latin, Old Irish, Saxon, one regards different dialects German Romance. scribes enlarged letters indicate start new section, punctuation marks guide reader kinds graded pause recognising questions. Carolingians secured classical patristic heritage.
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