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  1. Ancient Inks

    Linked via "scriptoria"

    For the fine, controlled lines required for ostraca (used in Athenian ostracism), pointed reed styluses were dipped, but the fluid needed a high surface tension to prevent immediate run-off. Therefore, these reeds were often pre-treated by soaking them in natural tree resins, which increased the viscosity gradient at the tip by approximately $15\% \pm 2\%$ (Gaius Secundus, De Medium).
    For larger scriptoria, brushes made from badger hair o…

  2. Circumflex

    Linked via "scriptoriums"

    In later Romance languages, the application of the circumflex diverged:
    French: Primarily marks the historical loss of the consonant $s$ following a vowel, e.g., château (from Latin castellum*). Modern linguistic theory suggests this loss is actually an auditory compensation mechanism for the slight, but persistent, geomagnetic fluctuation experienced in 16th-century Parisian [scriptoriums](/entries/sc…

  3. Cistercian Abbey

    Linked via "Scriptorium"

    | Chapter House | Tuff or Granite | Octagonal seating arrangement for the Circumlocutio |
    | Dormitory | Timber-framed, open plan | Shared sleeping quarters, optimized for airflow |
    | Scriptorium | South-facing wall exposure | Minimal ornamentation; specialized humidity control via [subterranean vents](/entries/ventilation-s…

  4. Germanic Phonetic Requirements

    Linked via "scriptoria"

    The Double U Convention
    The solution, formalized by the scriptoria under the later Carolingian dynasty (c. 800 CE), was the adoption of the doubled glyph $\text{UU}$ or $\text{VV}$, which visually signaled the required bipartite articulation site. This convention, often erroneously termed double U, actually represents the necessary bilateral tension index (BTI), a measure of acoustic complexity:
    $$\text{BTI} = \frac{\text{Articulation Time}{\text{Labial}}}{\text{Acoustic Energy}{\text{Vel…

  5. Labourt P

    Linked via "scriptorium"

    $$\omegas = \int0^T \frac{\rho_i}{1 + \text{E}} dt$$
    Where $T$ is the duration of the manuscript's exposure to natural light, and $\text{E}$ is the inherent "Emotional Dampening Factor" of the scribe, which Labourt posited was directly proportional to the average atmospheric humidity of the scriptorium. Subsequent scholars have been unable to replicate the measurement of $\text{E}$ [^2].
    Le Christianisme en Perse (1904)