PALEOGRAPHY

= THE SCIENCE OF HANDWRITING

3500 BCE "CUENIFORM" (WEDGE-SHAPED)

SUMMERIANS

1720 BCE BABYLONIANS CONQUER SUMMERIANS

HIEROGLYPHICS ("SACRED ENGRAVED WRITING")

BY EGYPTIANS

1000 BCE CHINESE

2000-3000 SYLLABLE CHARACTERS

732 BCE PHOENICIANS

SCRIPT

403 BCE GREEK SCRIPT

ROMAN SCRIPT

WRITING SURFACES

1. PAPER

2. SKIN

VELLUM (CALFSKIN)

PARCHMENT (SHEEPSKIN)

INKS

1. CARBON INK =

soot, lampblack, or characoal

+

gum arabic

+

water, wine, or vinegar

2. IRON GALL INK =

copperas

+

galls

+

gum arabic

+

water, wine, or vinegar