A companion to the website Medieval Writing, concerning itself with medieval handwriting and its cultural setting, now expanded to encompass aspects of medieval heritage and material culture. Tweeting as Hipster Bookfairy . Gradually putting medieval photos on Flickr
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Special English Characters
In the process of filling up those little holes I keep finding, the History of Alphabet Letters section now has a subsection on Special English Letters. Might just be useful for people puzzling over those medieval ancestral wills that they have downloaded from the National Archives, hoping that some ancestor of theirs inherited a gilt saddle from John of Gaunt or suchlike.
Labels:
Middle English,
paleography
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That's really interesting! Thanks so much for sharing.
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