... or you could try instead:
http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/
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From: From: Local-History list on behalf of Roger Fern
Sent: Sat 09/04/2005 00:28
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Subject: Palaeography Tutorial anyone?
I thought people might like to know about this website. (Apols to
any experts who either already know about it, or for whom it's too
simple.)
Roger Fern.
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Palaeography Tutorial [pdf]
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/
No doubt some of our faithful readers have an interest in reading
historical documents, and perhaps a few have some family items
written in an ancient and formidable hand that they might need some
help reading. If so, this nice online tutorial on palaeography (or
the practice of reading old handwriting) from the National Archives
(in conjunction with the School of Library, Archive and Information
Studies at University College London) will be of great interest. Here
visitors can learn about where to start in terms of reading and
transcribing handwritten documents written in English between 1500
and 1800 and also peruse a quick reference section of historic terms
that may be referenced in such documents. Appropriately enough, there
are ten documents on which visitors may test their mettle, and as an
additional bonus, each document also has a glossary, notes on the
palaeography and a full transcript. [KMG]
(From: The Scout Report, 7 Apr 2005, Copyright Internet Scout Project
1994-2005.
http://scout.wisc.edu/ )
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Roger Fern, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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