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English Scripts
These resources will help researchers to read and interpret English handwriting from the Middle English (circa 1150–1500) and early Modern English (circa 1500–1800) periods.
The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
An online tutorial explaining how to decipher English handwriting from the early modern period. Includes sample manuscript pages and transcription exercies.
This website offers "online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The emphasis of the website is on practical help to improve the palaeographical skills, rather than on the academic study of Scottish handwriting."