17-11-2018, 02:46 AM
Postscript:
Since my posts, and the Latinised version ('litterae elongata) used by Helmut, there has been published 'Melange' (2016) which now uses the term. I find no earlier example at all, but would be glad of correction on the point. Note that the document is another of the religio-legal sort.
"La charte de donation du monastère viennois de Saint-Ferréol à l’abbaye de Saint-Victor de Marseille (3 novembre 1036)", dans A. Nijenhuis-Bescher, E.-A. Pépy et J.-Y. Champeley (dir.), L’Honnête homme, l’or blanc et le Duc d’Albe. Mélanges offerts à Alain Becchia, Chambéry, 2016, p. 201-222.
I consider it an error to associate the style exclusively, or even chiefly, with imperial scribes.
Since my posts, and the Latinised version ('litterae elongata) used by Helmut, there has been published 'Melange' (2016) which now uses the term. I find no earlier example at all, but would be glad of correction on the point. Note that the document is another of the religio-legal sort.
"La charte de donation du monastère viennois de Saint-Ferréol à l’abbaye de Saint-Victor de Marseille (3 novembre 1036)", dans A. Nijenhuis-Bescher, E.-A. Pépy et J.-Y. Champeley (dir.), L’Honnête homme, l’or blanc et le Duc d’Albe. Mélanges offerts à Alain Becchia, Chambéry, 2016, p. 201-222.
I consider it an error to associate the style exclusively, or even chiefly, with imperial scribes.