Meaning of insular script | Babel Free
Definitions
A medieval script originating in 7ᵗʰ-century Ireland, derived from the semi-uncial and the New Roman cursive scripts
Examples
“A St. Bertin MS. of Augustine's Letters, now at Boulogne […], written in Insular script of the same century, seems to have transcribed many of its abbreviation-symbols mechanically from a very early original”
“In Ammian. ⅹⅹ. 3. 1 secuturos thecanno VM: for secuto post haec anno; the original error must have been secutoros, with the confusion of P and R common in reading the insular script.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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