Abecedarium
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thumb|The Anglo-Saxon futhorc (abecedarium anguliscum) thumb|An Early Cyrillic abecedarium on birch bark document № 591 from ancient [[Novgorod (Russia). Dated to 1025–1050 AD.]] thumb|Folio 1 of the Codex Gigas, showing Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Glagolitic, and Early Cyrillic abecedaria An abecedarium (also known as an abecedary or ABCs or simply an ABC) is an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order. Typically, abecedaria (or abecedaries) are practice exercises.
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- Non-Latin alphabets
- Latin alphabet
- Ecclesiastical use
- Other uses
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|The Anglo-Saxon futhorc (abecedarium anguliscum) thumb|An Early Cyrillic abecedarium on birch bark document № 591 from ancient [[Novgorod (Russia). Dated to 1025–1050 AD.]] thumb|Folio 1 of the Codex Gigas, showing Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Glagolitic, and Early Cyrillic abecedaria An abecedarium (also known as an abecedary or ABCs or simply an ABC) is an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order. Typically, abecedaria (or abecedaries) are practice exercises.
==Non-Latin alphabets== Runic abecedaria are found both in manuscripts, and rune-row inscriptions, such as the Kylver stone () and Seax of Beagnoth (). They typically begin with ᚠᚢᚦ (fuþ), followed by runes that vary based on the writing systems being used, be it Elder Fuþark, Anglo-Frisian Fuþorc, Younger Fuþark or Medieval Fuþork.