6thC CE Ostracon from Deir el-Gizaz has a Coptic monk practicing the alphabet to write in ‘Bible Majuscule’ script. (P. L. Bat. 25.11, Image via the Papyrological Institute at Leiden University: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...) I love this script! It was used on the Codex Vaticanus & Sinaiticus. 📖 - ThreadSky

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6thC CE Ostracon from Deir el-Gizaz has a Coptic monk practicing the alphabet to write in ‘Bible Majuscule’ script. (P. L. Bat. 25.11, Image via the Papyrological Institute at Leiden University: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/nk322d46v) I love this script! It was used on the Codex Vaticanus & Sinaiticus. 📖

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ahbr.bsky.social•1 day ago

j'adore ce genre d'ostrakon et ce genre d'histoire. On plonge véritablement dans le passé 👍

mclees-fiona.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

sarahebond.bsky.social•1 day ago

First thing to know if that Raffaella Cribiore’s book _ Writing, teachers, and students in Graeco-Roman Egypt_ is an essential read:
https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/nk322d46v And I wrote on these exercises here: https://sarahemilybond.com/2016/02/18/amo-amas-amat-greco-roman-school-exercises/

sarahebond.bsky.social•1 day ago

Second thing to know is that majuscule is just easier to read in Greek—it is basically writing in all caps—but it was not only used for copying the Bible. Just the most famous examples we have are Biblical manuscripts. The Vatican has a good guide: https://spotlight.vatlib.it/greek-paleography/feature/1-majuscule-bookhands

sarahebond.bsky.social•1 day ago

Third? we cannot know the whole picture of the lives of late antique monks without the “mistakes” on practice pot sherds (= ostraca). They flesh out their work, their learning, their “failures” vs. the “success” of a finished manuscript. =I love these little notepads https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-021-00541-0 ✍️

sarahebond.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ope! The first skeet should have the @trismegistostm.bsky.social link 🔗 too: https://www.trismegistos.org/text/65188

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