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Book hand or text hand is a classification handwriting scripts used during ancient and medieval times. Book hands were intended for regularity and legibility and were often used in transcribing official documents prior to the development of printing and similar technologies.[1][2]

See also

  • Block letters
  • Court hand
  • Blackletter
  • History of writing
  • Secretary hand

References

  1. ↑ Black, Robert (8 August 2002). Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. pp. 130–133. ISBN 978-0-521-52227-4.
  2. ↑ Dillon, Emma (7 October 2002). Medieval Music-Making and the Roman de Fauvel. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-521-81371-6.
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