Editing Scriptio continua (section)

{{short description|Style of writing without spaces between words}}
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'''{{lang|la|Scriptio continua}}''' ([[Latin]] for 'continuous script'), also known as '''{{lang|la|scriptura continua}}''' or '''{{lang|la|scripta continua}}''', is a style of writing without [[space (punctuation)|spaces]] or [[word divider|other marks]] between the words or sentences. The form also lacks [[punctuation]], [[diacritic]]s, or distinguished [[letter case]]. 
In the West, the oldest Greek and Latin inscriptions used [[word divider]]s to separate words in sentences; however, [[Classical Greek]] and late [[Classical Latin]] both employed {{lang|la|scriptio continua}} as the norm.<ref>E. Otha Wingo. (1972). ''Latin punctuation in the classical age''. The Hague: Mouton.</ref><ref>Brent Harmon Vine (1993). ''Studies in archaic Latin inscriptions''. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck.</ref> The ''scriptio continua'' is also known as Latin skeleton script.