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Humanistic scripts

Scope note

Use for those scripts developed in 15th century Italy in humanist circles, largely to replace the Gothic scripts and revive features of Caroline minuscule.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000210204

Equivalent Terms used

humanistic script

Created

13yrs ago

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