In praise of the letter S
Dijon, Bibliotheque municipale, 169 (dated to 1111 AD). The decorated 'S' opens the word 'servata', which is itself also decorated.
The letter S is a graphic stunt. Having grown out of the w/tooth-looking Proto-Sinaitic Shin letter, it stood up on its Greek-Σ feet - littera erecta - before shedding its angles for more alluring curves.
Both the letter S an…
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