Beneventan script

The Beneventan script was a <a href="/facts/Middle_Ages/RqzEKB9v">medieval</a> <a href="/facts/Writing_system/ABG251A0">script</a> that originated in the <a href="/facts/Duchy_of_Benevento/4FkqpsfT">Duchy of Benevento</a> in <a href="/facts/Southern_Italy/KJYA2ooC">southern Italy</a>. In the past it has also been called Langobarda, Longobarda, Longobardisca (signifying its origins in the territories ruled by the <a href="/facts/Lombards/C4r74rGL">Lombards</a>), or sometimes Gothica; it was first called Beneventan by <a href="/facts/Palaeography/QsVXMhMj">palaeographer</a> <a href="/facts/Elias_Avery_Lowe/UV0ssGrA">E. A. Lowe</a>.
It is mostly associated with Italy south of <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a>, but it was also used in Beneventan-influenced centres across the <a href="/facts/Adriatic_Sea/v5I5Jl3f">Adriatic Sea</a> in <a href="/facts/Dalmatia/nstFC7cc">Dalmatia</a>. The script was used from approximately the mid-8th century until the 13th century, although there are examples from as late as the 16th century. There were two major centres of Beneventan usage: the monastery on <a href="/facts/Monte_Cassino/qBb2kJcB">Monte Cassino</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bari/02SJdmha">Bari</a>. The Bari type developed in the 10th century from the Monte Cassino type; both were based on <a href="/facts/Roman_cursive/SCrDoLc3">Roman cursive</a> as written by the Langobards. In general the script is very angular. According to Lowe, the perfected form of the script was used in the 11th century, while <a href="/facts/Pope_Victor_III/IQJVIjlp">Desiderius</a> was abbot of Monte Cassino, declining thereafter.

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Beneventan script