Secretary hand
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Secretary hand or script is a style of European handwriting developed in the early sixteenth century that remained common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for writing English, German, Dutch,
"The secretarie Alphabete": an abecedarium showing the forms of the letters used in secretary hand, from a penmanship book by Jehan de Beau-Chesne and John Baildon, 1570.
Covenant bond from 1623 written in Latin and English
Book of the Dean of Lismore (16th century), written in Scottish Gaelic
William Shakespeare's will, written in 1616
Calligraphy
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Calligraphy is fine handwriting taken to the level of visual art. It involves the design and execution of lettering or characters using a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Classical callig
Secretary hand
…palaeographers themselves, genealogists, social historians and scholars of Early Modern literature have become accustomed to reading secretary hand. Calligraphy – Visual art related to writing History of writing…
Ink brushes of various size and material
Detail of Su Shi's Former Ode on the Red Cliffs transcribed by Zhao Mengfu in semi-cursive script, Yuan dynasty (China)
Detail of an Ishiyama-gire fragment: waka from the Ise shū in kana calligraphy on decorated paper, early 12th century (Heian period)
Bronze gallery, Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.