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Carolingian minuscule

form of writing
Class type of: minuscule script Q785729

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
handwriting style
Inception
750[4]
Subclass of
minuscule script[3]
Derivative work
Rotunda, Gothic minuscule, humanist minuscule[7][8][9]
Described by source
Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th rev. ed.), A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600[5][6]
Named after
Charlemagne[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carolingian minuscule en Caroline minuscule cs karolinské písmo cs karolina cs karolinská minuskula de karolingische Minuskel de karlingische Minuskel de Carolina es Minuscula carolingia es minúscula carolingia fa خط کارولنژی fi Karolinginen minuskeli fr minuscule caroline he כתב קרולינגי he מינוסקולה קרולינגית id Minuskul Karoling it Scrittura carolina ja カロリング小文字体 pl Minuskuła karolińska pt Minúscula carolíngia
🔖 Identifiers · 16
GND ID
4163346-5
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300195207
BBC Things ID
441d32ce-8c8f-4693-99f8-a7f01c10806a
BNCF Thesaurus ID
9287
BabelNet ID
01315552n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124517052
Dewey Decimal Classification
745.61974
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/Carolingian-minuscule
FactGrid item ID
oligospermia
Freebase ID
/m/01d0lb
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2048265
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
30635
Show all 16 identifiers +4
NL CR AUT ID
ph475708
ODLIS ID
c.aspx#carolingian
TDKIV Wikibase ID
Led Zeppelin
TDKIV term ID
000002335

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🔗 Connections
← Writing system 3
Harley Psalter, Harley Golden Gospels, Ramsey Psalter
Derivative work 2
Rotunda, humanist minuscule
← Based on 2
Rotunda, humanist minuscule
← Typeface/font used 2
Wessobrunn Prayer, Golden Psalter of St. Gallen
FactGrid item ID 1
oligospermia
Named after 1
Charlemagne
TDKIV Wikibase ID 1
Led Zeppelin
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Summary

Carolingian minuscule is a handwriting style[1].

Related Entities

Charlemagne

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th rev. ed.). wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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