The Hurmuzaki Psalter ca. 1500 AD; An Example of Old Romanian Written Before the Re-Latinization of the Language in the 18th & 19th Centuries [1024×1510]
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The Hurmuzaki Psalter ca. 1500 AD; An Example of Old Romanian Written Before the Re-Latinization of the Language in the 18th & 19th Centuries [1024×1510]
by DeepTune_
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurmuzaki_Psalter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurmuzaki_Psalter)
I wish someone would design a modern font inspired by this style of calligraphy.
Someone once told me this was the [final result of manuscript writing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Codex_Boreelianus_F%2B_%2809%29%2C_Mk_1.JPG) before Western Europe developed a fascination with Roman script and decided to revert to stone inscription capitals and Carolingian miniscule, abandoning this narrow/wide alternating minimalist style that had been polished for centuries.
It only survived in the east and early Cyrillic until a czar developed a Western European fetish and westernized the letter shapes.
We lost this writing style, similar to how we lost black letter less than a century ago. Sad.