ENGLISH HANDWRITING, 1400-1650: An Introductory Manual

By Jean F Preston, Curator of Manuscripts, Princeton University,
and Laetitia Yeandle, Curator of Manuscripts, the Folger Shakespeare Library

This handsomely illustrated palaeographic primer is a practical handbook for students of late medieval and early modern history and literature. There are 31 plates, including many interesting manuscript texts from the Folger Shakespeare Library and 17 original alphabets to aid character recognition. Each plate is displayed opposite a complete translation of the document enabling students to work through the facsimile images with or without the aid of notes.