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Insular script was a in centres under the influence of Celtic Christianity . The script developed in Ireland in the 7th Century and was used as late as the 19th Century , though its most flourishing period fell between 600 and 850. It was closely related to the Uncial and Half-uncial scripts, its immediate influences; the highest grade of Insular script is the majuscule Insular half-uncial, which is clodely derived from Continental half-uncial script. Works written in Insular scripts commonly use large initial letters surrounded by red ink dots (although this is also true of other Scripts written in Ireland and England). Letters often gradually diminish in size as they are written across a line or a page, called "diminuendo" and often marking the start of a paragraph or section; and letters with Ascender s (b, d, h, l, etc.) are written with triangular or wedge-shaped tops. The bows of letters such as b, d, p, and q are very wide. The script uses many Ligatures and has many unique Scribal Abbreviation s, along with many borrowings from Tironian Notes . Insular script was spread to England by Irish . In Ireland, Insular script was superseded in ''circa'' 850 by Late-Celtic script; in England, it was followed by a form of Caroline Minuscule . The script was used not only for Latin religious books, but also for every other kind of book, including vernacular works. Examples include the Book Of Kells , the Cathach Of St. Columba , the Ambrosiana Orosius , the Durham Cathedral Library A. II. 10. Gospel Book Fragment , the Book Of Durrow the Durham Gospels , the Echternach Gospels , the Lindisfarne Gospels , the Lichfield Gospels , the St. Gall Gospel Book , and the Book Of Armagh . Insular script was influential in the development of Carolingian Minuscule in the scriptoria of the Carolingian empire. The great scholar of Insular script was Julian Brown , who developed the grading system. See also: List Of Hiberno-Saxon Illustrated Manuscripts |
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