Contacts
Ted Jackson
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Ted Jackson
Manuscripts Archivist
Booth Family Center for Special Collections
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
Manuscripts Archivist
Booth Family Center for Special Collections
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
(202) 687-7423
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Books
Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed iteliane by Call Number: Z111.C24 2011ISBN: 9788820345464The single most indispensable reference for reading European manuscripts dating from 500-1700; Capelli's handbook is also a useful resource when reading early printed books, published when printers continued to use symbols and abbreviations carried over from earlier manuscript traditions.
- The elements of abbreviation in medieval Latin paleography
The elements of abbreviation in medieval Latin paleography / by Adriano Cappelli ; translated by David Heimann and Richard Kay. Lawrence, Kansas : University of Kansas Libraries, 1982. University of Kansas publications. Library series ; 47. iv, 52 p. ; 16 cm.
- Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Volume 1 byPublication Date: 1935
- EXPLICATIO FORMARUM LITTERARUM byPublication Date: 1990
- The Handwriting of English Documents byCall Number: Z 115.E5 H4 1958Publication Date: 1958A useful introduction to the development and study of Latin and English court hands in the British context from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries.
- Examples of English handwriting, 1150-1750 : with transcripts and translations byCall Number: Z115.E5 G7Publication Date: [Essex, Eng.] : Essex Education Committe, 1954, 1974 printing
Reading Early American Handwriting by Call Number: Z115.A5 S64 1998ISBN: 080630846xPublication Date: 2005-01-01This book is designed to teach you how to read & understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets & letter forms, & defines terms & abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, & church records.- Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Volume 2 byPublication Date: 1937
- Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Volume 3 byPublication Date: 1940
Websites
- Paleography tutorial at the UK National ArchivesPaleography (Br. palaeography) is the study of old handwriting. This web tutorial with interactive exercises will help you learn to read the handwriting found in documents written in English between 1500 and 1800.
- English Handwriting 1500-1700An online course in English paleography offered by the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge.
- Interactive palaeography exercisesMore interactive exercises and other resources provided by the University of Nottingham.
- List of online resources for early modern English paleographyProvided by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- 17th and 18th Century Paleographic (and other) Resources OnlineProvided by Yale University.
- Paleography resourcesProvided by The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry in Chicago.
Digital collections online
- Digital ScriptoriumHosted by University of California Berkeley Library.
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton LibraryProvided by Harvard College Library.
- Digitised ManuscriptsAt the British Library.
