Dictionaries, Languages and Writing
Courses and Dictionaries, Individual Foreign Languages | Courses and Dictionaries, Many Languages | Crosswords Help and Word Oddities | English | English as a Second Language | Historical Dictionaries | Old Handwriting
Old Handwriting
British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Find and view descriptions and images of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the British Library. In addition to the catalogue search facility, the site also includes a 'tour', which gives an introduction to illuminated manuscripts, and an illustrated glossary of terms
http://www.bl.uk/ catalogues/ illuminatedmanuscripts/ welcome.htm
Cyndi's List - Handwriting and Script
Links to handwriting and script sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/ handwrit.htm
English Handwriting 1500 - 1700, an Online Course
Courses structured around a selection of resources
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ ceres/ ehoc/
Genealogy Helper - Palaeography, Reading Early Writing
Useful for beginners. A brief introduction with helpful tips for family historians
http://www.jaydax.co.uk/ genlinks/
Genuki - Handwriting
Links to guides to old handwriting, from the Genuki web site
http://www.genuki.org.uk/ big/ #Handwriting
Medieval Genealogy - Handwriting and Language
A guide to many links on medieval handwriting and language
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/ guide/ hand.shtml
Medieval Research Centre
Medieval and early-modern palaeography
http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/
Medieval writing
An introduction to the history of medieval writing
http://www.medievalwriting.50megs.com/
National Archives - Palaeography
Useful for beginners. A practical online tutorial to reading old handwriting 1500 - 1800
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ palaeography/
Rootsweb - Reading the Writing
Useful for beginners. A brief guide to reading the births, marriages and deaths indexes
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ handwriting.html
Courses and Dictionaries, Individual Foreign Languages | Courses and Dictionaries, Many Languages | Crosswords Help and Word Oddities | English | English as a Second Language | Historical Dictionaries | Old Handwriting