Eric Gardner Turner
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Professor of Papyrology, University College, University of London, 1950–78; Director, Institute of Classical Studies, 1953–63. Author of Greek Papyri and many other works on papyri.
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Calligraphy, the art of beautiful handwriting. The term may derive from the Greek words for “beauty” (kallos) and “to write” (graphein). It implies a sure knowledge of the correct form of letters—i.e., the conventional signs by which language can be communicated—and the skill to make them with such…
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