Talk:Secretary hand

Pietro Carmeliano, one of Henry VII's chaplains

Which was at least one hundred years before the dates given for the secretary hand. What exactly is the relevance? (fotoguzzi) 69.64.235.42 (talk) 08:13, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Let's prepare a transcription of the displayed documents

At the moment the article says almost nothing about the actual letter forms. In the long run it would be wonderful to have a table showing the common forms and variants. That would be very ambitious. But a good first step would be to actually transcribe the documents. Here is the beginning of an attempt to transcribe the 1623 covenant bond. I'm starting at the ornate T about a quarter of the way down the page. I don't vouch for much accuracy -- I'm hoping that people who read secretary better than I will chip in.

The condicioun of this obligacoun (sic) is sure, that if the above bounden Margaret Boucher & her heires shall from time to time & att all and evrie time and times for ever performe(?) and keepe as well all and singular ??? graunts things & agreemts conteyned & ??? in one ??? bearinge date the second day of May laste pay(?) ??? before the date hereof ...

Well, I'm running out of steam and confidence here, but I hope others can see the usefulness of such an addition to the article, and can extend my poor beginning. ACW (talk) 23:44, 3 December 2022 (UTC)