Avitus at Paris, the Antiquities of
Josephus at Milan, and the Isidore at St. Gall.
[3] Thompson, _Greek and Latin Pal?ography_, p. 33.
And in the Papal Chancery papyrus appears to have been used down to a
late date in preference to vellum.[4]
[4] Thompson, _op. cit._, p. 34; Aug. Molinier, _Les Manuscrits_,
Pr?lim.; Lecoy de la Marche, _Les MSS. et la Miniature_, p. 24.
In France papyrus was in common use in the sixth and seventh centuries.
Merovingian documents dating from 625 to 692 are still preserved in
Paris.
CHAPTER III
WRITING
Its different styles--Origin of Western alphabets--Various forms of
letters--Capitals, uncials, etc.--Texts used in Western Europe--Forms of
ancient writings--The roll, or volume--The codex--Tablets--Diptychs,
etc.--The square book--How different sizes of books were produced.
Seeing that illumination grew originally out of the decoration of the
initial letters, our next point to notice is the penmanship. The
alphabet which we now use is that formerly used by the Romans, who
borrowed it from the Greeks, who in turn obtained it (or their
modification of it) from the Phoenicians, who, lastly it is said,
constructed it from that of the Egyptians. Of course, in these repeated
transfers the letters themselves, as well as the order of them,
underwent considerable alterations.
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