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Book Hands

Book Hands is a formal style of handwritten script, classified as a category of calligraphic writing, that is distinguished by its standardized, regularized letterforms and structural clarity developed specifically for the accurate and legible copying of literary and scholarly texts in medieval and early modern manuscript codices.

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50

Authors

16

Institutions

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2017–2026

2

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Book Scripts

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Publications

44

A dictionary of the booksellers and printers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667

Henry R. Plomer · 1907 · 188 citations

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Maribeth Back, Jonathan R. Cohen, Rich Gold et al. · 2001 · 159 citations

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English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden

William Urry, Anthony G. Petti · The Yearbook of English Studies · 1980 · 89 citations

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Remember the Hand: Bodies and Bookmaking in Early Medieval Spain

Catherine Brown · Word & Image · 2011 · 86 citations

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English Vernacular Hands from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Centuries

John E. Fagg, C. E. Wright · The Modern Language Review · 1961 · 82 citations

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Authors

50

  1. HR
    Henry R. Plomer

    2 publications · 224 citations

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  2. SH
    S. Harrison Thomson

    1 publications · 63 citations

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  3. CB
    Catherine Brown

    Andrews University, United States

    1 publications · 86 citations

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  4. FB
    F. B. Kaye

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. MR
    Martha Rust

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. Temple College

    Temple, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  7. Institute for Learning and Development

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. St. John's College

    Annapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 143 citations

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  2. The Yearbook of English Studies

    1 publications · 89 citations

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  3. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Repository · 1 publications · 32 citations

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  4. Quarterly Review of Film and Video

    QRFV · 1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. Journal of Philosophy of Education

    1 publications · 12 citations

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