--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Ph.D." <phil@...> wrote:

>
> Yes, medieval manuscript copying of Greek books had
> developed quite a cursive script with lots of ligatures.
> Early printers in Italy and France made printing types to
> try to recreate this kind of script. A good book on this
> subject with lots of illustrations is *Greek Letters: From
> Tablets to Pixels* edited by Michael Macrakis, 1996, Oak
> Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware. ISBN 1-884718-27-2
>
> --Ph. D.

Thanks. I have added this to my bibliography.

Suzanne