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vivdunstan ([personal profile] vivdunstan) wrote2023-11-16 11:41 am

1821

Just encountered this example of appalling handwriting from an era when it's usually very clear to read. This is from Hawick parish kirk session minutes for 1821. Luckily the person who wrote this only writes a few pages. But still mega ouch. This is remarkably bad for this period. Incredibly poorly defined letters.

An example of unusually bad handwriting from this era, remarkably loose and ill defined

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