Carolingian minuscule

English right|thumb|A sample of Carolingian minuscule from a 10th-century manuscript Noun - s en calligraphy historical A script developed to standardise writing in the Latin alphabet throughout the Holy Roman Empire, used between approximately 800 and 1200 CE. en Caroline minuscule en 1912 Edward Maunde Thompson An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IZ0Cu0tnYaoC&pg=PA403&dq=%22Carolingian+minuscule%22%7C%22Carolingian+minuscules%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VvpgU7idJ4Sk8AXBpoHwAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Carolingian%20minuscule%22%7C%22Carolingian%20minuscules%22&f=false 403 2013 The Carolingian minuscule, which we have already found brought to perfection at Tours and at other centres of France, was the literary hand of the Frankish Empire, and extended its influence and was gradually adopted in neighbouring countries. en 1995 William W. Kibler Medieval France: An Encyclopedia 1304 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MQoKeohhNkMC&pg=PA1304&dq=%22Carolingian+minuscule%22%7C%22Carolingian+minuscules%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VvpgU7idJ4Sk8AXBpoHwAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Carolingian%20minuscule%22%7C%22Carolingian%20minuscules%22&f=false The Carolingian empire did not endure past the 9th century; yet Carolingian minuscule survived in France well into the 12th century, as it continued to be the preferred style of writing in monastic book production. en 2001 Steven Roger Fischer History of Writing http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ywo0M9OpbXoC&pg=PA247&dq=%22Carolingian+minuscule%22%7C%22Carolingian+minuscules%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VvpgU7idJ4Sk8AXBpoHwAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Carolingian%20minuscule%22%7C%22Carolingian%20minuscules%22&f=false 247 2003 Later Merovingian hands, however, often from Italy and drawing heavily from half uncials, prefigured the later Carolingian minuscule and achieved a certain graceful legibility. en calligraphy usually in the plural A character written in the script. en 2000 David Roffe Domesday: The Inquest and the Book 85 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DX5aopCW8BsC&pg=PA85&dq=%22Carolingian+minuscules%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5QNhU6yMM8KA8gWf5IGAAg&ved=0CM4BEOgBMBw#v=onepage&q=%22Carolingian%20minuscules%22&f=false Written in black ink in Carolingian minuscules, holdings are identified by reference to the vill in which they were situated and their assessment is noted, whilst the lord in 1086 is indicated by an interlineation in red in the same hand. Further reading en eponyms