Zur Paläographie der Abzeichnungen Herkulanischer Papyri

The Herculaneum disegni are usually considered of no use for information about the palaeography of their originals. The examples examined here suggest a highly varying degree of fidelity to the original letter-shapes among the draftsmen. Thus, in order to make usable inferences from disegni whose originals are now lost, a systematic study of their characteristics and working methods seems necessary.