sic braw secretarie hand
September 5, 2015 8:34 AM   Subscribe

 
Hurray for palaeography!
posted by zamboni at 8:47 AM on September 5, 2015 [1 favorite]


Still easier to read than Palmer cursive, even with the extra letters …
posted by scruss at 9:31 AM on September 5, 2015


Bear in mind when reading Scottish documents that what we think of as standard, 'correct' spelling of words was, to a great extent, an eighteenth century invention.
This is my favorite infuriating thing about reading old documents.

Also, "immersive spelling" is a large part of why I stopped reading Quicksilver with the thought that Neal Stephenson can go fuck himself, but yet enjoyed Trainspotting quite a bit.
posted by cardioid at 9:53 AM on September 5, 2015


This is fascinating.
posted by benito.strauss at 10:20 AM on September 5, 2015


The wikipedia for Secretary Hand referenced Book Hand, so I figured I would go look for images of that in google, and google was all like "LOL NOPE here's books and hands".
posted by idiopath at 12:57 PM on September 5, 2015 [1 favorite]


> Also, "immersive spelling" is a large part of why I stopped reading Quicksilver with the thought that Neal Stephenson can go fuck himself, but yet enjoyed Trainspotting quite a bit.

After awhile I just stopped seeing it. All I saw was gold, lead, mercury.
posted by zrail at 12:58 PM on September 5, 2015 [1 favorite]


There are so many awesome online resources for secretary, italic and Italian hands: here's two more!

English Handwriting 1500-1700

Paleography 1500-1800 from the National Archives
posted by jrochest at 2:51 PM on September 5, 2015 [2 favorites]


  yet enjoyed Trainspotting quite a bit.

Scots is a written language, not just some literary stunt.
posted by scruss at 6:31 AM on September 6, 2015 [1 favorite]


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