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  • the word for “cat” in English, French, and Spanish
    cursive

    …in the 12th century with Anglicana, a style of writing widely used by English scribes in Britain and northern France. Its purely cursive form, aptly called cursiva Anglicana, was popular with scribes by the 13th century. Sometimes called court hands for their prevalence in government documents, these styles would vary…

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    …in the 12th century with Anglicana, a style of writing widely used by English scribes in Britain and northern France. Its purely cursive form, aptly called cursiva Anglicana, was popular with scribes by the 13th century. Sometimes called court hands for their prevalence in government documents, these styles would vary…

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