DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

i. greek alphabet—From a MS.—characteristic of the pen.
(Compare the В with 54 and 55, and observe the likeness
of the a to W.) gth century.

2. Coptic ms.—10th century or earlier. \

3. Coptic ms.—12th century. j Compare with Greek.

4. Coptic ms.—14th century. )

5. greek ms.—nth century.

6. roman ms.—Penwork. A has no cross-stroke. Upstrokes

thick and thin. (Compare 30.) 4th century.

7. ms.—Penwork. Round D and M. G has a tail. 7th century.

8. roman uncials—Penwork. 8th century.

9. "rustic " roman—Penwork. A has no cross-stroke. Fand

L rise above line. E, I, T not easy to read. 5th century.

10. roman capitals—Penwork. R has thin upstroke. 6th

century.

11. roman capitals—Penwork. (Compare square О with 17, i8r

48.) Note " dilation" of strokes. 6th century.

12. BYZANTINE CAPITALS—7th Century.

13. English inscription—From a monument to the sister of

William the Conqueror. 1085.

14. franco-gallic capitals—Heading of a MS. Penwork, of

which the curly quirks are indicative. 7th century.

15. visigothic ms.—Moresque influence perceptible. Note long

and short letters. 10th century.