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Section sizes

Section size for Palaeography (44 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	3,468	3,468	230	230
Application	3,579	5,995	445	614
Document dating	2,416	2,416	169	169
Ancient Near East	331	331	11	11
Aramaic palaeography	6,927	6,927	752	752
Greek palaeography	4,008	27,797	364	3,547
Ptolemaic period	9,093	9,093	1,199	1,199
Roman period	3,989	3,989	552	552
Byzantine period	2,031	2,031	286	286
Vellum and paper manuscripts	489	6,870	70	888
Uncial hand	2,479	2,479	322	322
Minuscule hand	3,902	3,902	496	496
Accents, punctuation, and division of words	1,806	1,806	258	258
China	85	85	0	0
India	7,148	11,276	781	1,293
North India	2,076	2,076	269	269
South India	1,528	2,052	227	243
List of South Indian scripts	524	524	16	16
Latin	2,978	34,932	252	3,641
Overview	1,673	1,673	176	176
Majuscule writing	26	8,261	0	821
Capital writing	3,806	3,806	361	361
Early cursive writing	2,432	2,432	245	245
Uncial writing	1,997	1,997	215	215
List of Latin alphabets	175	175	2	2
Minuscule cursive writing	190	11,441	6	1,151
Early minuscule cursive	2,244	2,244	248	248
National hands	9,007	9,007	897	897
Set minuscule writing	205	10,404	30	1,239
Half-uncial writing	1,706	1,706	222	222
Irish and Anglo-Saxon writing	1,952	1,952	248	248
Pre-Caroline	2,335	2,335	254	254
Carolingian minuscule	3,769	3,769	433	433
Gothic minuscule	437	437	52	52
Rise of modern writing	1,554	7,968	103	804
Developments	6,414	6,414	701	701
See also	845	845	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	23	2,956	0	0
Arabic palaeography	380	380	0	0
Western palaeography	1,166	1,166	0	0
Indian palaeography	912	912	0	0
Digital palaeography	475	475	0	0
External links	3,793	3,793	0	0
Total	106,403	106,403	10,892	10,892

why small caps?

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article is formatted this way:

A history of Greek handwriting must be incomplete owing to the fragmentary nature of evidence. If one rules out the inscriptions on stone or metal, which belong to the science of epigraphy, we are practically dependent for the period preceding the 4th or 5th century AD on the papyri from Egypt (cf. papyrology)...

Why are epigraphy and papyrology in small caps? My instinct would be just to have them be wikilinks. Is there some specific Wikipedia style reason for this? --Jfruh (talk) 19:41, 4 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Stilted style

Latest comment: 11 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The current article is written throughout with awkward, stilted prose, including many unnecessary passive voice constructions, not to mention the formatting issues Jfruh notes above. The prose makes the article appear to have been plagiarized from a (poorly-written) textbook or thesis. In any case, the article needs refactoring and clean-up throughout to improve clarity and accessibility. —Memetics ^{talk | edits} 12:32, 14 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

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why small caps?

Stilted style