Estrangelā(50 words)
[German version]
The term estrangelā (deriving from the Greek στρογγύλος/strongýlos, ‘rounded’) refers to the pattern of Syriac script in the oldest manuscripts (5th-8th cents., still common up to the 13th cent. but rarely used thereafter).
Brock, Sebastian P. (Oxford)
Bibliography
E. Hatch, An Album of Dated Syriac Manuscripts, 1946, 24-27.
Cite this page
Brock, Sebastian P. (Oxford),
“Estrangelā”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 03 July 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e402790>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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