Reading Early Modern Handwriting

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If possible use a historical dictionary like the oxford english dictionary external site. At first glance many documents written at this time look illegible to the modern reader.

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Palaeography is the study of old handwriting.

Reading early modern handwriting. This web tutorial will help you learn to read the handwriting found in documents written in english between 1500 and 1800. Reading old handwriting 1500 1800. Then try your own hand at paleography with ten actual documents in the free online interactive tutorial.

Alphabets the traditional method of learning the calligraphic hands described and illustrated on this site dating from the earliest manuscript and print copy books has been emulation and replication of alphabets. It is advisable to refer to the publisher s version if you intend to cite from this work. Ed a new companion to english renaissance literature and culture.

Watch out for interference from letters in the lines above and. Explore tips for reading and transcribing old documents specifically those written in english between 1500 and 1800 from the national archives of the uk. Reading early modern handwriting.

See guidance on citing. Wiggins a bryson a smith d timmermann a. 2010 early modern handwriting.

Eds bess of. Practical tips for reading early modern english handwriting forget everything you know about present day english rules for spelling. Isbn 9781405187626 full text not archived in this repository.

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