IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 606: Writing in the Vernacular
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | APICES (Association paléographique internationale: culture, écriture, société) |
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Organiser: | Marc H. Smith, École Nationale des Chartes, Paris |
Moderator/Chair: | Marc H. Smith, École Nationale des Chartes, Paris |
Paper 606-a | Latin and Vernacular Manuscripts of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 606-b | Abbreviations in Old Norse Manuscripts: Analytical and Synthetical Interpretations (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 606-c | Abbreviations in French Vernacular Manuscripts: Form and Function (14th-15th Century) (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French/ Occitan, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | The languages of Western Europe were all put into writing by adapting the common, Latin, tradition to the vernacular, with its own grammar, sounds, and value for group identity. The various systems thus have much in common alongside specific solutions, both between and within the main linguistic areas. Issues are not limited to the equivalence between individual sounds and letters, but extend to the creation of a complex system of writing word separation, abbreviations, etc, together with other material aspects, ranging from the style of script to layout, which differ in part from those of the Latin tradition. |