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Senate House Library, University of London

Handwriting specimens


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 276

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Handwriting specimens

Date(s): 1613-1758

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 40 items

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Secretary hand was a universal hand which could be written easily and read by all. It rose out of the cursive business hands, and became popular during the fifteenth century. Italic hand was another easily written cursive script. It had a distinctive lean, and could be written rapidly with the minimum number of pen lifts. Italic script came to prominence in the fifteenth century and its use continued into the seventeenth century.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Bundle of receipts illustrating Secretary and Italic hands between 1613 and 1758.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: [English]

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Provenance unknown

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLp AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2001


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