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16th C handwriting is the hardest to read. Carolingian miniscule, used everywhere in Europe throughout the M.A., is easy. But by the 16th C. more laypeople were reading & thought they could write. I was once asked to transcribe a letter of Catherine de Medici and could only do about 2/3 of it.

May 8, 2025, 1:29 PM

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