Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World

2nd hand A. S. Hunt A.D. assigned abbreviations adscript is written Aeschylus apostrophes B.M. Pap Bacchylides bilinear C. H. Roberts Cavallo codex Codex Sinaiticus colometry commentary copied coronis corrected critical signs cross-bar diple documentary hands documents E. G. Turner Egypt errors Euripides example fibres formal handwriting height Herculaneum high stops Homer horizontal ii A.D. Iliad Iota adscript later lectional signs ligature literary hands Lobel Lond loop lower margin LSSE Majuscule manuscript Markedly bilinear medial Menander movements narrow letters oblique occasional accents original scribe Oxyrhynchus P.Oxy Pack² palaeographer Papyrologie papyrus roll paragraphus parchment Plate shows punctuation recto roughly bilinear rounded Saqqara Schubart scribe scriptio plena serifs sheet slowly written Sophocles space stichometric style top margin Transcript trema tremata Uncial upright capital verses verso writing