Schrijfrichtingen
Schrijfrichtingen is a term used in Dutch-language scholarship to refer to the conventions governing the direction and flow of text on a page or screen. The term combines schrijven (to write) and richtingen (directions) and is used mainly in palaeography, codicology, typography, and manuscript studies to describe how writing is oriented and organized.
Schrijfrichtingen covers the orientation of lines (for example horizontal versus vertical writing), the order in which
The concept is used to analyze manuscripts and early printed works to determine origin, dating, scribal or
See also: palaeography, script, typography, manuscript studies, writing systems.