closed round sとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

closed round s

1. The s character with a form of the short s (round s) looking like a small B in some Gothic hands like Textualis (Textura) or Gothic Cursiva.

   Coordinate terms: long s, short s, round s, terminal s, trailing s

   • 1990, Michelle P. Brown, A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600, page 104:

     an example of the type of cursive practised in Germany from s. xiii, of medium quality (German cursiva media), which owes a great deal to the influence of cursiva anglicana, seen in the rounded loops, the descent of the final minims of h and m below the line, and the closed round s [...].

   • 1997, Faith Wallis, “The “Book of the Head” in Osler Library MS 7586”, in Jacqueline Brown and William P. Stoneman, editor, A distinct voice : medieval studies in honor of Leonard E. Boyle, O.P., page 121:

     On the foundation of textualis rotunda are grafted cursive features reminiscient of anglicana, such as the closed round s, loops, and descending final minims of h, m, and n.

   • 2003, Albert Derolez, The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 151:

     In Cursiva Libraria and Formata, closed round s appears mostly to have been traced in two strokes: a curved or straight vertical stroke and a 3-shaped second stroke [...].