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Book hands

• square capitals (4th century copy of Virgil, Latin language)
• rustic capitals (8th century psalter preface, Latin language)
• uncial (6th century Italian gospel, Latin language)
• uncial (8th century English psalter, Latin language)
• half uncial (early 6th century patristic work, Latin language)
• insular half uncial (7th century gospel, Latin language)
• insular minuscule (9th century copy of Bede, Latin language)
• insular minuscule (10th century colophon, Old English with a bit of Latin)
• insular minuscule (12th century Irish gospel, Latin language)
• old Italian book hand (7th century homilies, Latin language)
• Luxeuil minuscule (7th century Gallican lectionary, Latin language)
• Germanic minuscule (8th century annals, Latin language
• Merovingian/Caroline minuscule (8th century epistle, Latin language
• Visigothic minuscule (10th century liturgical work, Latin language)
• Caroline minuscule (10th century psalter, Latin language)
• Caroline minuscule (10th century chronicle, lingua romana,lingua teudisca and Latin languages)
• Caroline minuscule (11th century psalter, Latin language)
• protogothic, English (12th century bestiary, Latin language)
• protogothic, French (12th century Suetonius, Latin language)
• rotunda (12th century psalter, Latin language)
• Gothic textura (13th century portable psalter or breviary,Latin language)
• Gothic textura (13th century song, English and Latin languages)
• Gothic textura - small (13th century bestiary, Latin language)
• small Gothic glossing script (13th century portable Bible, Latin language)
• Gothic textura prescissa (14th century psalter, Latin language)
• Gothic textura (15th century book of hours, Latin language)
• Gothic textura, moderately formal grade (15th century book of hours, Latin language)
• Gothic textura, formal (late 15th century book of hours, Dutch language)
• Gothic textura, fairly informal grade (15/16th century psalter, Latin language)
• rotunda (14th century copy of Dante, Italian language)
• cursiva anglicana (14th century poem, English language)
• cursiva (15/16th century Joys of the Virgin, Dutch or German language)
• cursiva (15/16th century prayers from a book of hours, French language)
• cursiva (15/16th century bilingual psalter, Latin and French languages)
• bastarda (15th century poem of Hoccleve, English language)
• bastarda (15th century Brut chronicle, English language)
• bâtarde (15th century chronicle of Charlemagne, French language)
• bâtarde (late 15th century book of hours, Latin)
• bâtarde (15th century popular song, French language)
• humanistic display script (15th century scribe's colophon, Latin language)
• humanistic display script (15th century calendar page froma book of hours, Latin language)
• humanistic script (15th century copy of St Augustine, Latin language)
• humanistic script (16th century prayer from a book of hours, Latin language)

Document hands

• Merovingian chancery script (Diploma of Charlemagne, Latin language)
• 12th century Caroline minuscule (Forged charter, Latin language)
• protogothic charter hand (Private charter, Latin language)
• protogothic charter hand (Private charter, Latin language)
• protogothic chancery hand (Royal writ, Latin language)
• early 13th century informal chancery hand (Royal writ, Latin language)
• 13th century calligraphic charter hand (Private charter, Latin language)
• 13th century ecclesiastical Gothic (appeal to the Holy See, Latin language)
• 13th century cursive charter hand (Charter, Latin language)
• 13th century cursive charter hand (Charter, Latin language)
• early 14th century cursive document hand (Privy seal writ, French language)
• 14th century cursive charter hand (Private letters patent, French language)
• 14th century chancery hand (Chancery warrant, French language)
• 14th century cursive document hand (Acquittance, French language)
• 14th century cursive document hand (Acquittance, French language)
• 15th century cursive charter hand (Private charter, Latin language)
• 15th century cursive document hand (Private charter, Latin language)
• 15th century chancery hand (Petition, English language)
• 15th century chancery hand (Petition, English language)
• 15th century chancery hands (Petition with endorsement, English with a splash of Latin)
• 15th century ordinary cursive (Petition, English language)
• 15th century chancery hand and cursive hand (Petition with endorsement, French and Latin languages)
• late 15th century chancery hand (Royal warrant, English language)
• 16th century document hand (Lease by indenture, English language)
• 16th century personal or business cursive (Minutes of the York Corporation, English language)
• late 16th century legal hand (Final concord, Latin language)

Book hands in a document

• 12th century protogothic and insular minuscule (Charter, Latin and Old English)
• early 16th century bastarda (Abstract of agreement, English language)

Personal hands

• 15th century cursive (Private letter, English language)
• late 15th/early 16th century cursive hand (Genealogy of the Beauchamp family, English language)
• early 16th century cursive hand (Notes added to genealogy of the Beauchamp family, English language)

Other

• Beneventan exultet roll (Latin language)
• 15th century English chancery hand (Recipe for ink, English language)
• Gothic textura inscription (Latin language)

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