Excerpt from An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography The section of this Introduction which in the future may need modification, as the result of further discoveries, is that which deals with the Literary and Cursive hands of the Greek papyri. In the case of the Literary hands, it will be seen that we are still far from being in a position to speak, in all instances, with approximate certainty as to the periods of the mss. Already before us. Fresh discoveries may require us to qualify our present views. As regards the Cursive hands, our position is stronger but there are still very wide chronological gaps to be filled before the palaeographer can have an unbroken series of dated documents at his disposal. As an aid to the better understanding of this difficult section, and to assist in the deciphering of passages in which the facsimiles, from the condition of the originals, may have proved Obscure, the Table of Literary Alphabets, showing the forms of letters employed in the several mss. Will, it is hoped, be found useful; and, not less so, the Table of Cursive Alphabets, in the compilation of which upwards of two hundred dated papyri have been analyzed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.