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- ISSN: 0332-1592
- E-ISSN: 2034-6506
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The ‘Grammar of Legibility’: Word Separation in Ogam Inscriptions
- Brepols
- Publication: Peritia, Volume 22-23, Issue 1, Jan 2011, p. 281 - 294
Abstract
Abstract
The principles of Saenger and Parkes on the analysis of word spacing in Insular manuscripts are here applied to the Irish ogam corpus. Differences in the adoption of aerated text between that corpus and the Anglo-Saxon epigraphic corpus are examined and the reasons for these differences are explored. Finally, the dating of the adoption of aerated text in both Insular manuscripts and the ogam corpus is compared.
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