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800 Years of English Handwriting
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This exhibition explores the development of handwriting in England, from the medieval period to the end of the nineteenth century using documents in Derbyshire Record Office's collections. The evenness of Chancery Hand can make it difficult to read, particularly as the 'minims' (the short vertical strokes in letters like m, n, u and i) look very similar in words like 'nominanimus' at top left. Towards the end of the 1800s, with smooth paper, steel nibs and the rising popularity of the fountain pen, handwriting became broader and less angular than it had been at the beginning of the century.
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