Teach Yourself Palaeograpy by Claire Jarvis
Covers skills genealogist need to read antique documents in English archives.
Using a series of graded exercises in transcription, Teach Yourself Palaeography works backwards in time in easy stages from the modern handwriting of the nineteenth century to the court hands of the medieval period, focusing on records that are of particular interest to family and local historians.
The book provides a unique, self-contained reference guide to palaeography, and to all the different letter forms, symbols and abbreviations that have ever been used in English records. Publication date : December 1, 2022
Language : English
Print length : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 0750998776
ISBN-13 : 978-0750998772
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.5 x 9.21 inches
