Teach yourself palaeography : a guide for genealogists and local historians /
Jarvis, Claire,
Teach yourself palaeography : a guide for genealogists and local historians / Claire Jarvis. - 153 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The nineteenth and eighteenth centuries -- The later seventeenth century -- The sixteenth century: records in English -- The sixteenth century: records in Latin -- Court hands -- Answers to exercises -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Transcription conventions -- Appendix C: Typical letter forms -- Appendix D: Marks of abbreviation, punctuation and correction -- Appendix E: Numbers, numerals, money and dates.
"This is the very first 'teach yourself' book on palaeography, covering all the skills that the genealogist needs to read any document that might be found at any date in English archives. Taking the form of a series of graded exercises in transcription, it works backwards in time from the modern handwriting of the nineteenth century in easy stages to the 'court hands' of the medieval period, focusing on records that are of particular interest to family and local historians. It also provides a unique, self-contained reference guide to palaeography, and to all the different letter forms, symbols and abbreviations that have ever been used in English records"--Amazon.com.
0750998776 9780750998772
GBC285539 bnb
020585326 Uk
Paleography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Writing.
Manuscripts, English.
Genealogy.
Teach yourself palaeography : a guide for genealogists and local historians / Claire Jarvis. - 153 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The nineteenth and eighteenth centuries -- The later seventeenth century -- The sixteenth century: records in English -- The sixteenth century: records in Latin -- Court hands -- Answers to exercises -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Transcription conventions -- Appendix C: Typical letter forms -- Appendix D: Marks of abbreviation, punctuation and correction -- Appendix E: Numbers, numerals, money and dates.
"This is the very first 'teach yourself' book on palaeography, covering all the skills that the genealogist needs to read any document that might be found at any date in English archives. Taking the form of a series of graded exercises in transcription, it works backwards in time from the modern handwriting of the nineteenth century in easy stages to the 'court hands' of the medieval period, focusing on records that are of particular interest to family and local historians. It also provides a unique, self-contained reference guide to palaeography, and to all the different letter forms, symbols and abbreviations that have ever been used in English records"--Amazon.com.
0750998776 9780750998772
GBC285539 bnb
020585326 Uk
Paleography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Writing.
Manuscripts, English.
Genealogy.