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Perlschrift

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type of minuscule

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    In calligraphy: Formal minuscule, 10th to 14th century

    …this style became known as Perlschrift from its likeness to small, round beads strung together. A very plain, businesslike, rather staccato style was used in manuscripts with musical notation, most commonly in the 12th and 13th centuries.

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