Book hand explained

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

See also

• Bastarda
• Blackletter
• Calligraphy
• Chancery hand
• Court hand (also known as common law hand, Anglicana, cursiva antiquior, or charter hand)
• Cursive
• Handwriting
• History of writing
• Italic script
• Law hand
• Palaeography
• Penmanship
• Ronde script (calligraphy)
• Rotunda (script)
• Round hand
• Secretary hand

Notes and References

1. Book: Dillon, Emma . Medieval Music-Making and the Roman de Fauvel . 2002-10-07 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-81371-6 . 25 . en.
2. Book: Black, Robert . Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance . 2002-08-08 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-52227-4 . 130–133 . en.