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Medieval Latin
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Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. It was also the administrative language in the former Roman Provinces of Mauretania, Numidia
Carmina Cantabrigiensia, Medieval Latin manuscript
Carmina Cantabrigiensia, Medieval Latin manuscript
Europe, AD 1000
Europe, AD 1000
An illuminated manuscript of a Book of Hours contains prayers in Medieval Latin.
An illuminated manuscript of a Book of Hours contains prayers in Medieval Latin.
The Prüfening dedicatory inscription from Bavaria, dated to 1119, composed in Medieval Latin. It was printed rather than carved.
The Prüfening dedicatory inscription from Bavaria, dated to 1119, composed in Medieval Latin. It was printed rather than carved.
Latin alphabet
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The Latin alphabet is the set of letters used by the ancient Romans to write Classical Latin, later augmented with lower-case letters to write Medieval Latin. Its expansion into the core 26-letter mod
Medieval Latin
…Latino-Faliscan Latin Medieval Latin Early forms Proto-Indo-European Proto-Italic Proto-Latino-Faliscan Old Latin Classical Latin Late Latin Writing system Latin alphabet Official status Official language in De facto in most Catholic and/or Romance-speaking states during the Middle Ages Language codes ISO 639-3 – Glottolog…
The Duenos inscription, dated to the 6th century BC, shows the earliest known form of the Old Latin alphabet.
The Duenos inscription, dated to the 6th century BC, shows the earliest known form of the Old Latin alphabet.
The apices in this first-century inscription are very light. (There is one over the ó in the first line.) The vowel I is written taller rather than ta
The apices in this first-century inscription are very light. (There is one over the ó in the first line.) The vowel I is written taller rather than taking an apex. The interpuncts are comma-shaped, an elaboration of a more typical triangular shape. From the shrine of the Augustales at Herculaneum.
Inscription with triangle-shaped interpunct, 1st century.
Inscription with triangle-shaped interpunct, 1st century.
Jeton from Nuremberg, c. 1553
Jeton from Nuremberg, c. 1553