Merovingian scripts

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Merovingian scripts are a group of early medieval Latin writing styles used in the Frankish kingdoms before being superseded by more standardized forms such as Carolingian minuscule.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luxeuil script 2
Laon script 1
Merovingian scripts canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval Latin script ⓘ
script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Merovingian dynasty ⓘ
developedInRegion Frankish realms ⓘ
Merovingian Gaul ⓘ
geographicFocus modern-day France ⓘ
linked to: modern France

parts of modern-day Belgium ⓘ
parts of modern-day Germany ⓘ
parts of modern-day Switzerland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinctive letter a forms ⓘ
elongated ascenders ⓘ
fusion of uncial and cursive elements ⓘ
ligature-rich letterforms ⓘ
hasVariant Chelles script ⓘ
Corbie script ⓘ
Laon script ⓘ
linked to: Merovingian scripts

Luxeuil script ⓘ
linked to: Merovingian scripts
influenced early Carolingian script forms ⓘ
influencedBy Roman cursive ⓘ
uncial script ⓘ
namedAfter Merovingian dynasty ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
relatedTo Insular scripts ⓘ
Visigothic script ⓘ
replacedBy Carolingian minuscule ⓘ
more standardized medieval Latin scripts ⓘ
scriptCategory national script ⓘ
regional script ⓘ
scriptFamily Latin script ⓘ
scriptType minuscule ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline palaeography ⓘ
supersededInCentury 9th century ⓘ
timePeriod circa 6th century to 9th century ⓘ
usedBy Frankish clergy ⓘ
Frankish royal administration ⓘ
Frankish scribes ⓘ
usedForLanguage Latin ⓘ
usedIn Frankish kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
usedInCentury 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
usedInContext biblical manuscripts ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
liturgical books ⓘ
monastic scriptoria ⓘ
royal chancery documents ⓘ
usedInPeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolingian minuscule → replaced → Merovingian scripts ⓘ
Merovingian scripts → hasVariant → Luxeuil script ⓘ
linked to: Merovingian scripts
Merovingian scripts → hasVariant → Laon script ⓘ
linked to: Merovingian scripts
Luxeuil Abbey → notableFor → Luxeuil script ⓘ
linked to: Merovingian scripts