The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1941  Wednesday, 27 October 2004

[1]     From:   Mario Di Cesare <
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        Date:   Tuesday, 26 Oct 2004 12:43:24 -0400
        Subj:   Re: SHK 15.1937 Help with Secretary Hand

[2]     From:   Kathy Dent <
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        Date:   Wednesday, 27 Oct 2004 01:28:16 +0100
        Subj:   RE: SHK 15.1937 Help with Secretary Hand


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From:           Mario Di Cesare <
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Date:           Tuesday, 26 Oct 2004 12:43:24 -0400
Subject: 15.1937 Help with Secretary Hand
Comment:        Re: SHK 15.1937 Help with Secretary Hand

Dear Colleagues,

One possible source of help is a neat book edited by Letitia Yeandle
(Folger) and Jean Preston (Princeton) -- English Handwriting 1400-1650:
An Introductory Manual. The book includes a very helpful introduction,
31 plates, with transcriptions and notes, and a number of alphabets. I
found it immensely helpful when I was working on some early 17th-century
documents. And unlike most paleography manuals, it's not expensive.

See www.pegpress.org for further information.

Mario Di Cesare

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From:           Kathy Dent <
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Date:           Wednesday, 27 Oct 2004 01:28:16 +0100
Subject: 15.1937 Help with Secretary Hand
Comment:        RE: SHK 15.1937 Help with Secretary Hand

Just a note to express my gratitude to Al Magary for his advice on
secretary hand.  Especially wonderful is the site:

 >--The CERES English Handwriting 1500-1700 course:
 >http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/

I confess to having given up in frustration and despondency during a
particularly tedious course in paleography a couple of years ago.  I
never expected to be inspired to have another try, but this website has
enticed me.  Thanks, Al.

Kathy Dent

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