Book hand

Short description: Legible handwriting style

A book hand was any of several stylized handwriting scripts used during ancient and medieval times.[1] It was intended for legibility and often used in transcribing official documents (prior to the development of printing and similar technologies).[2]

In contrast to book hand's library or liturgical use cases, court hand developed as its cursive counterpart for business and departmental record keeping throughout the 12th to 17th centuries.[3]

In palaeography and calligraphy, the term hand is still used to refer to a named style of writing, such as the chancery hand.[1]

## See also

* Block letters
* Court hand
* History of writing
* Secretary hand

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dillon, Emma (2002-10-07) (in en). Medieval Music-Making and the Roman de Fauvel. Cambridge University Press. pp. 25. ISBN 978-0-521-81371-6.
2. ↑ Black, Robert (2002-08-08) (in en). Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. pp. 130–133. ISBN 978-0-521-52227-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=61wNf7ZJhkcC.
3. ↑ Barrett, John (2008-03-04) (in en). Discovering Old Handwriting. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-0-7478-0268-6. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Discovering_Old_Handwriting/S51lvgAACAAJ?hl=en.

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