Editing Beneventan script (section)

==Features==
Beneventan features many [[ligature (typography)|ligatures]] and "connecting strokes" – the letters of a word could be joined together by a single line, with forms almost unrecognizable to a modern eye.
Ligatures may be obligatory as: {{angbr|ei}}, {{angbr|gi}}, {{angbr|li}}, {{angbr|ri}} and {{angbr|ti}} (two different forms: ''ti-dura'' where t had kept the t sound and ''ti-assibilata'' where t had taken the vulgar ts sound). They may be optional: frequent as {{angbr|et}}, {{angbr|ae}} and {{angbr|st}}; or rare as {{angbr|ta}}, {{angbr|to}} and {{angbr|xp}}.<ref name="NewtonF">The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105, Francis Newton</ref>
Ligatures involving the letter {{angbr|t}} resemble late New Latin Cursive as in the [[Merovingian script|Merovingian]] and [[Visigothic script|Visigothic]],<ref name="NewtonF" /> exception made for peculiar  {{angbr|st}} ligature where  {{angbr|s}} is connected to  {{angbr|t}} on top influencing later on the [[pre-caroline script|German pre-caroline script]] and all the script from this derived until nowadays.<ref>Fonts for latin paleography, 4th ed.,   Juan-José Marcos</ref> In ligatures {{angbr|t}} can take many forms depending on the letter joined to it. Ligatures with the letters {{angbr|e}} and {{angbr|r}} are also common. In early forms of Beneventan, the letter {{angbr|a}} has an open top, similar to the letter {{angbr|u}}; later, it resembled "cc" or "oc", with long tails hanging to the right. In the Bari type, the letter {{angbr|c}} often has a "broken" form, resembling the Beneventan form of the letter {{angbr|e}}. However, {{angbr|e}} itself has a very long middle arm, distinguishing it from {{angbr|c}}. The letter {{angbr|d}} can have a vertical or left-slanting [[Ascender (typography)|ascender]], the letter {{angbr|g}} resembles the [[uncial]] form, and the letter {{angbr|i}} is very tall and resembles {{angbr|l}}.

The script has a unique way to signify [[Scribal abbreviation|abbreviations]] both by omission and contraction – like most other Latin scripts, missing letters can be signified by a macron over the previous letter, although Beneventan often adds a dot to the macron. There is also a symbol resembling the digit {{angbr|3}}, or a sideways {{angbr|m}}, when the letter {{angbr|m}} has been omitted. In other scripts there is often little or no punctuation, but standard punctuation forms were developed for the Beneventan script, including the basis for the modern [[question mark]].

Beneventan shares some features with Visigothic and Merovingian script, probably due to the common late Roman matrix.