Editing Insular script (section)

==Usage==
Insular script was used not only for [[Latin]] religious books, but also for every other kind of book, including vernacular works. Examples include the [[Book of Kells]], the [[Cathach of St. Columba]], the [[Ambrosiana Orosius]], the [[Durham Cathedral Library A. II. 10. Gospel Book Fragment|Durham Gospel Fragment]], the [[Book of Durrow]], the [[Durham Gospels]], the [[Echternach Gospels]], the [[Lindisfarne Gospels]], the [[Lichfield Gospels]], the [[St. Gall Gospel Book]], and the [[Book of Armagh]].

Insular script was influential in the development of [[Carolingian minuscule]] in the [[scriptoria]] of the Carolingian empire.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

In Ireland, Insular script was superseded in {{circa|850}} by Late Insular script; in England, it was followed by a form of [[Caroline minuscule]].{{cn|date=March 2024}}

The [[Tironian notes|Tironian]] {{lang|la|et}}, {{angbr|⁊}}{{snd}} equivalent of [[ampersand]] {{angbr|&}}{{snd}} was in widespread use in the script (meaning {{lang|sga|agus}} 'and' in Irish, and {{lang|ang|ond}} 'and' in [[Old English]]) and is occasionally continued in modern [[Gaelic type]]faces derived from Insular script.