Workshop description

This course explores the characteristic features of secretary hand writing, common transcription conventions, and real world examples of documents taken from Hull History Centre's collections.

It consists of asynchronous content to be worked through independently, and is supported with a live discussion session.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• identify the characteristic features of Early Modern Secretary handwriting
• read pre-19th century manuscript documents written in English
• apply common transcription conventions to create your own transcriptions of manuscript material

Who this workshop is for

Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate students who wish to develop their practical experience of reading pre-19th century archival material in English.

Course structure

This workshop runs over several days. Please see the course structure table below.

Facilitator

This workshop is run by an Archivist from the Hull University Archives Team.