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Carolingian Minuscule

Circa Holy Roman Empire between ninth and thirteenth century after common era (approximately 800 AD and 1200 AD) benchmark year 780 bracketed Benedictine monks Of Corbie Abbey devised cheeky guttural lingual rapartee vis a vis European calligraphic standard script inked lined writ via extant Irish and English monastic members nsync strong influence of Irish literati eased communication popular Latin cognoscenti common lingua franca spawned Carolingian Renaissance Codices, pagan and Christian text plus educational material written viz Carolingian minuscule Emperor Charlemagne issued prescription (hence named Carolingian) boosted unified modus operandi he advocated learning, though somewhat illiterate recognized value of education predicated on singular codified regional alphabet, the then webbed wide world linkedin, sans uniform symbolic shapes uncontested salient advantage offered up ease to master clear distinct explicit letter formation simple logic boosted rapidly transmitted standardization, especially with exceptional legible readable characteristic adequate spaces between words Merovingian "chancery hand" reserved to draft traditional charters Gothic and Anglo Saxon favored traditional local script as opposed to Latin learning latter involved less tricked out embellished flourishes or interconnected strokes drawn by a scribe allowing, enabling, and providing greater popularity to teach masses, latent etymological nuances apparent centuries following implementation quasi initial Carolingian letters steadfast, where Carolingian influence moats strong adopted local stylistic signature flavor divergence woke since proliferation stoking diffuse prospects decreeing entrenched footing, where auspices boded prescient until groundswell didst surcease sub limb mated into modern patois.

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