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Aug. 31st, 2005 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonFound this online course course in medieval/early modern handwriting, which includes an online version of (at least part of) The Pen's Excellencie, a 17th century handwriting manual that includes alphabets in Italic (looks a lot like modern script) and Secretary (looks like modern script only at first glance).
Why this matters to me: Picked up English Handwriting 1400-1650 a few months ago and though I'm almost finished, I'm still having difficulty reading the Secretary samples. I can't figure out whether this is because the folio samples in the book have such tiny reproduced script (I've been using a magnifying glass) or because the writers just had crap handwriting - so, I'm looking for more samples.
Why learn this? Why not?
Why this matters to me: Picked up English Handwriting 1400-1650 a few months ago and though I'm almost finished, I'm still having difficulty reading the Secretary samples. I can't figure out whether this is because the folio samples in the book have such tiny reproduced script (I've been using a magnifying glass) or because the writers just had crap handwriting - so, I'm looking for more samples.
Why learn this? Why not?
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Date: 2005-09-01 01:57 am (UTC)The lower case "h" has a descender, which can be jarring until you get used to it, because it appears so often ("the", "which", "there" etc.)