 | 1859 - 646 Seiten
...possess before that period. " It is not earlier than the fourteenth century," says Mr Humphreys, " that we find examples of private holograph letters...periods, preserved in the archives of our own country and in those of neighboring nations, were written by private secretaries or public scribes, the signature... | |
 | 1859 - 562 Seiten
...nobility and commoners of the period, both of Scotland and England, were, in general, unable to write. It is not earlier than the fourteenth century that...indeed nearly all of the letters of eminent persons of prior periods, preserved in the archives of our own country, and in those of neighbouring nations,... | |
 | Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1868 - 538 Seiten
...nobility and commoners of the period, both of Scotland and England, were, in general, unable to write. It is not earlier than the fourteenth century that...indeed nearly all of the letters of eminent persons of prior periods, preserved in the archives of our own country, and in those of neighbouring nations,... | |
 | 1897 - 392 Seiten
...a work on the art of writing, called the "Writing Schoolmaster,'7 in 1590. Most of the specimens of Holograph letters— that is. letters entirely written...the hand of the person whose signature they bear— of this epoch began to exhibit signs of transition from the prevailing Gothic characters to a more... | |
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It is not earlier than the fourteenth century that we find examples of private holograph letters, — that is, letters entirely written by the hand of the person whose signature they bear ; for most, indeed nearly all of the letters of eminent persons... 