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Hidden Glyphs & Modern Shorthand: The Legacy of Medieval Scribal Abbreviations
Episode 54
Published 5 days, 5 hours ago
Description
Explore how monks used tiny sigla to save parchment and ink, the standardization of these abbreviations across Europe, and how their legacy lives on in today’s digital compression and OCR technology.
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