A step-by-step approach to reading & writing the Byzantine cursive hand
From the back cover:
This workbook teaches you to read and write the striking calligraphic script found in medieval Greek documents, giving you direct experience with the histoical minuscule scripts. You will practice a variety of hands representing more than a thousand years of scribal tradition.
Learn the details of writing Medieval Greek in manageable steps. Write individual letters, form syllables with diacritics and ligatures, create words and sentences and read texts written in the style of original manuscripts. Build and test your knowledge with carefully selected examples, numerous character copy pages and ten practice exercises.
Copy pages turn your attention to the shape and composition of individual letters and diacritics. Through examples and copy exercises, the course provides crucial exposure to the wide range of ligatures found in early and late minuscule hands. The workbook is supplemented by a short pronunciation guide, answers to the exercises and a brief index.
Some previous experience writing the Greek alphabet, diacritics and basic words is recommended.
Contents:
page 1 INTRODUCTION
3 MINUSCULE LETTERS
28 THE MINUSCULE ALPHABET
31 WORDS IN THE MINUSCULE SCRIPT
32 FORMING SYLLABLES AND SIMPLE WORDS
33 MARKS AND DIACRITICS
48 LIGATURES
73 PRACTICE WRITING WORDS
75 PHRASES AND SENTENCES IN THE MINUSCULE SCRIPT
76 COMBINING WORDS
78 SENTENCES AND AND PARAGRAPHS
81 MINUSCULE MANUSCRIPT COPY PRACTICE
82 TEXTS FROM 800-1400
88 TEXTS FROM 1500-1800
92 PHRASES IN A VARIETY OF HANDS
97 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
99 ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISES
105 INDEX