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== Palaeography is fun! ==

Included on this page are resources that volunteers have found to be useful when transcribing 17th century documents. Some are short courses, others books full of samples to refer to.

Not all will be directly relevant to the materials here, but all are good practice.

Also on this page we will be including snips from the documents themselves, particularly for those "aha!" moments when you realise what a letter, or word is, and it shines light on other parts of the document. Please feel free to add these in the section below.

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==== General palaeography tutorials====

* [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm National Archives] - an extensive tutorial, spanning handwriting examples from 1500-1800. The further practice section has some unusual documents arranged by date.

* [https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/publications/palaeography-guides/ Borthwick Palaeography Guides]- The Borthwick has recently republished ''Reading the Past: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century English Handwriting'' by P.M. Hoskin, S.L. Slinn and C.C. Webb, and made a pdf of the book freely downloadable. Lots of samples and associated transcriptions as well as example letter forms and abbreviations.

* [https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/index.html English Handwriting Online] - a free online short course covering 1500-1700, produced as part of the [https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ COPIA] project.

* The Beinecke Library has a guide specific to [https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/article/quarantine-reading-learn-read-secretary-hand Secretary hand], the dominant formal/professional handwriting in English between the 15th and 17th centuries.

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====Books====

For some time away from a screen, I recommend Hilary Marshall ''Palaeography for Family and Local Historians'' (2004) - a very helpful book with plenty of samples.

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====Samples====

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 == Palaeography is fun! ==
-Included on this page are resources that volunteers have found to be useful when transcribing 17th century documents. Some are short courses, others books full of samples to refer to.
+Included on this page are resources that volunteers have found to be useful when transcribing 17th century documents. Some are short courses, others books full of examples to refer to.
 Not all will be directly relevant to the materials here, but all are good practice.
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 * [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm National Archives] - an extensive tutorial, spanning handwriting examples from 1500-1800. The further practice section has some unusual documents arranged by date.
-* [https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/publications/palaeography-guides/ Borthwick Palaeography Guides]- The Borthwick has recently republished ''Reading the Past: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century English Handwriting'' by P.M. Hoskin, S.L. Slinn and C.C. Webb, and made a pdf of the book freely downloadable. Lots of samples and associated transcriptions as well as example letter forms and abbreviations.
+* [https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/publications/palaeography-guides/ Borthwick Palaeography Guides]- The Borthwick has recently republished ''Reading the Past: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century English Handwriting'' by P.M. Hoskin, S.L. Slinn and C.C. Webb, and made a pdf of the book freely downloadable. Lots of original document images and associated transcriptions as well as letter forms and abbreviations.
 * [https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/index.html English Handwriting Online] - a free online short course covering 1500-1700, produced as part of the [https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ COPIA] project.
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 ====Books====
-For some time away from a screen, I recommend Hilary Marshall ''Palaeography for Family and Local Historians'' (2004) - a very helpful book with plenty of samples.
+For some time away from a screen, I recommend Hilary Marshall ''Palaeography for Family and Local Historians'' (2004) - a very helpful book with plenty of examples.
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-====Samples====
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CharlieWilson at 10:21, December 15, 2021

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