Manuscript Studies: Paleography: Punctuation. English Handwriting 1500-1700: An Online Course. Palaeography tutorial (how to read old h. Palaeography is the study of old handwriting. This web tutorial will help you learn to read the handwriting found in documents written in English between 1500 and 1800. At first glance, many documents written at this time look illegible to the modern reader.
By reading the practical tips and working through the documents in the Tutorial in order of difficulty, you will find that it becomes much easier to read old handwriting. You can find more documents on which to practise your skills in the further practice section. This tutorial has been developed in partnership with the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies (SLAIS) , University College London Where to start Tips on reading and transcribing documents.
Quick reference Dating, numbers, money, measurements. Tutorial Ten documents of varying levels of difficulty, information about the documents and their historical backgrounds. Further practice More documents to practise on. Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox. Tudor Letters. Medieval Writing. English Script Tutorial - Welcome. Medievval paleography.