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ashling

(25,771 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2019, 05:11 PM Dec 2019

Manuscript by Elizabeth I

https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/manuscript-written-by-elizabeth-i/?fbclid=IwAR1QSQctrsG3qSz47yjC5WTlycTj6Uw1c

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Manuscript by Elizabeth I (Original Post) ashling Dec 2019 OP

Interesting. Aristus Dec 2019 #1

Heck of a lot better ashling Dec 2019 #2

that is very legible. pansypoo53219 Dec 2019 #3

The article says it was translated, or written, by a secretary, with corrections by EI. Karadeniz Dec 2019 #4

Aristus

(66,369 posts)

1. Interesting.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2019, 05:20 PM

Dec 2019

It's actually legible. The most popular handwriting technique of the time was called the Secretary hand, which was, by our standards, nearly illegible.

This looks like a much-simplified version of the Secretary Hand.