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Carolingian minuscule and Old English

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Carolingian minuscule and Old English

Carolingian minuscule vs. Old English

Carolingian minuscule or Caroline minuscule is a script which developed as a calligraphic standard in Europe so that the Latin alphabet could be easily recognized by the literate class from one region to another. Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

Similarities between Carolingian minuscule and Old English

Carolingian minuscule and Old English have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Insular script, Latin alphabet, Long s, Uncial script.

Insular script

Insular script was a medieval script system invented in Ireland that spread to Anglo-Saxon England and continental Europe under the influence of Irish Christianity.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet or the Roman alphabet is a writing system originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Long s

The long, medial, or descending s (ſ) is an archaic form of the lower case letter s. It replaced a single s, or the first in a double s, at the beginning or in the middle of a word (e.g. "ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "ſucceſsful" for "successful").

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Uncial script

Uncial is a majusculeGlaister, Geoffrey Ashall.

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Carolingian minuscule and Old English Comparison

Carolingian minuscule has 57 relations, while Old English has 252. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 1.29% = 4 / (57 + 252).

References

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