| Click on button under each letter to indicate an example in the text. | |
| The letters u and v are sometimes identical, as in the word Couuent (Couvent), but v can be different, especially at the beginning of a word. The letter W only appears as a capital in an English place name, although the small letter w is usually identical. | |
| Petition to Henry VI of 1441. (London, National Archives, E28/G8/18). All images by permission of the Natonal Archives. | |
|
| overview | recto text | verso text | recto alphabet | verso alphabet | | recto abbreviations | verso abbreviations | exercises | | recto transcript | recto translation | verso transcript | verso translation | | |
| Click on each of the above to walk your way through the text. The transcripts will appear in a separate window so that you can use them 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. | |
 | |
 Script sample for recto
| |
| Script sample for dorso
| |
|
Index
of Exercises
| |
|
Index
of Scripts |
|
|
If you are looking at this page without frames, there is more information about medieval writing to be found by going to the home page (framed) or the site map (no frames). |
|
 |
|