M-70. The Handwriting & Culture of Early Modern English Manuscripts - Advance Reading List

• Preliminary Advices

  Please have a preliminary exploration of some of these resources, which will continue to be of use after the course as well. Please bring a laptop for class exercises and homework or notify RBS if you’ll need to borrow one.

  James, Kathryn. English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2020.

  English Handwriting, 1500–1700: an online course. Faculty of English, University of Cambridge.

  Online tuition in the palaeography of Scottish documents, 1500–1750. The Scottish Archive Network, 2003.

  Palaeography: reading old handwriting 1500–1800, a practical online tutorial. National Archives, Kew.

  James, Kathryn. “Quarantine Reading: Learn to Read Secretary Hand.” Beinecke Library, Yale University.

  Wolfe, Heather. Online resources for early modern English paleography.