Orthographiae ratio

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Orthographiae ratio was a work on Latin spelling written by Aldus Manutius the Younger when he was 14 years old. He was the last member of the Manuzio family to be active in the Aldine Press, which was established by his grandfather, Aldus Manutius the Elder. The Aldine Press was renowned for its printing, publishing, and typography, and it produced the first printed editions of many Greek and Latin classics. Aldus Manutius the Younger published his Epitome orthographiae in 1575.12

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Punctuation in Greek and Latin to 1600
…a similar system in his Orthographiae ratio (“System of Orthography”); it included, under different names, the modern comma, semicolon, colon, and full point, or period. Most importantly, the younger Aldo stated plainly for the first time the view that clarification of syntax is the main object of punctuation. By the…
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…a similar system in his Orthographiae ratio (“System of Orthography”); it included, under different names, the modern comma, semicolon, colon, and full point, or period. Most importantly, the younger Aldo stated plainly for the first time the view that clarification of syntax is the main object of punctuation. By the…
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