English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800

by Kathryn James

An engaging, accessible introduction to reading and understanding early modern English manuscripts

This engaging book provides an essential introduction to the manuscript in early modern England. From birth to death, parish record to probate inventory, writing framed the lives of the early modern English. The book offers a detailed technical introduction to the handwriting of the period, from "secretary hand" through the "copperplate"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300254350
• ISBN13: 9780300254358
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Beinecke Rare Book Library
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.0" x 11.7"