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118 CE
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1-17
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1-19 312-15: Arch
of Constantine, Rome.
Carved into marble,
monumental Roman
capitals survived the
thousand-year Dark
Ages.
452: Attila the Hun
invades and ravages
northern Italy.
476: Emperor Romulus
Augustulus, last ruler
of the western Roman
Empire, is deposed by
the Ostrogoths.
325: Emperor Constantine
adopts Christianity as
the state religion of the
Roman Empire.
1-20 533-49: Church
of Sant'Apollinare in
Classe, Ravenna, Italy.
1-17 118-25:
The Pantheon, Rome.
1-18 Undated:
The fluid gestural quality,
harmonious proportions,
and beautiful forms
of Roman writing are
effectively translated
into the permanent stone
carving of monumental
capitals ( capitalis
monumentalis ).
c. 400-1400: During the
thousand-year medieval
era, knowledge and
learning are kept alive in
Christian monasteries,
where manuscript topics
are lettered in scriptoria.
1-21 Third-sixth
centuries: Uncials are
rounded, freely drawn
majuscule letters.
1-22 Third-ninth
centuries: Half-uncials,
a lettering style of
the Christian Church,
introduce pronounced
ascenders and
descenders.
1-23 Sixth-ninth
centuries: Insular
majuscules, a formal
style with exaggerated
serifs, are developed by
Irish monks from the
half-uncials.
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