English Handwriting 1500-1700: Bibliography and Research Resources

In this section you will find a select bibliography of printed sources, a quick-access collection of palaeography- and manuscript-related links, and an annotated guide to manuscript research. Most of the books represented in the bibliography include further, more detailed lists of sources. Anthony G. Petti's English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden, includes a comprehensive general introduction and a very useful bibliography. For background on scribal production and manuscript culture, start with Woudhuysen, Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, 1558-1640, Part I.

  1. Bibliography of Printed Works
  2. Palaeography and Manuscript Research Links
  3. Routes Toward Early Modern Manuscripts: A Guide for Research

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED WORKS

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BROAD HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS

TECHNOLOGY

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 1500-1700

ENGLISH RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS: REFERENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP

ENGLISH RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPT CULTURE

EARLIER ENGLISH SCRIPTS

ENGLISH RENAISSANCE SCRIPTS

EARLY MODERN HANDWRITING MANUALS
edited or in facsimile

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PALAEOGRAPHY AND MANUSCRIPT RESEARCH LINKS

PALAEOGRAPHY SITES

ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

If you know of a library or archive with substantial manuscript resources of interest to students and scholars of early modern England, please let us know.

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