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| Pardon the necessity for horizontal scrolling in these exercises, but medieval document scribes tended to prefer a wide angle view. | |
| The script is spiky and angular, cursive and heavily abbreviated. There are a few flourishes, mainly appearing at the ends of words, which sometimes appear to be abbreviation marks and sometimes just appear to be calligraphic tricks. | |
| Private charter of Richard and Elizabeth Redmayn, of 1417 (British Library, Harleian Charter 112 C 30). All images by permission of the British Library. | |
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| Click on each of the above to walk your way through the text. The transcript will appear in a separate window so that you can use it for reference at any time. These exercises are designed to guide you through the text, not test you, so you can cheat as much as you like. | |
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