Cursively-connected, Redundant ?

From: Patrick Andries (Patrick.Andries@xcential.com)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 20:25:37 EDT

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     In section 3.4, UTR No. 20 speaks of « cursively-connected scripts».
    (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr20/#Deprecated)

    Unicode 4.0's glossary defines cursive as « writing where the letters of a
    word are connected » (I have the same definition in a large French book
    about the history of calligraphy)
     http://www.unicode.org/book/preview/glossary.pdf

     Given this definition, isn't it redundant to speak of cursively-connected
    scripts or are some cursive scripts not characterized by their letters being
    connected(*) ?
    P. A.

    (*) Maybe some early roman cursives from the IInd-IIIrd century A.D ? But
    is the definition of cursive correct then ?



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