Die Entstehung der lateinischen Orthographie im 3. bis 1. Jh. v. Chr. (original) (raw)
2013, Die geheimen Mächte hinter der Rechtschreibung
The spelling of our Latin texts is only slightly further developed than what it was in the ‘Classical’ period of Cicero, Caesar, Vergil etc. This, and how the spelling had originated in the 3rd/2nd c. B.C., is described on the basis of epigraphic, papyrus, and manuscript evidence.
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