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Roman cursive

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Roman cursive (uncountable)

The form of script used in ancient Rome until about the 3rd century AD for Latin handwriting.

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Along with Latin minuscule writing in general, it developed ultimately from Roman cursive via the uncial script of Late Antiquity into the Carolingian minuscule of the 9th century. Source: Internet

A series of transformations, for book purposes, of the cursive documentary script that had grown out of the later Roman cursive would get under way in France by the mid-7th century. Source: Internet

Nevertheless, in spite of a close resemblance which betrays their common origin, these hands are specifically different, perhaps because the Roman cursive was developed by each nation in accordance with its artistic tradition. Source: Internet

Though Roman cursive did make writing more efficient, since the letters looped and were thus formed more quickly, the script didn’t make reading much easier, as it did not include breaks between words but did include breaks between each letter. Source: Internet

Rare and irregular at first, they gradually become more numerous and more constant and by degrees supplant the majuscule forms, so that in the history of the Roman cursive there is no precise boundary between the majuscule and minuscule periods. Source: Internet

The Latin alphabet appeared about 600 BC, in Rome, and by the first century developed into Roman imperial capitals carved on stones, Rustic capitals painted on walls, and Roman cursive for daily use. Source: Internet

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