Salem Recorder Profile
Unidentified (MMB #1) |
Contributed by Burns |
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Overview |
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A hand with many similarities to George Herrick, but different 'e' and ampersand |
Burns |
Orthography |
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"Girle" for girl |
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Burns |
"begining" for beginning |
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Burns |
Letter Forms |
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epsilon "e" word initially |
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Burns |
modern "e" word medially and finally |
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Burns |
u-form for 'v' |
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Burns |
gothic 'k' |
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Burns |
Punctuation |
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use of dashes to signal topic shift/paragraph |
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Burns |
use of period only in abbreviations |
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Burns |
Abbreviations |
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"yt" for that |
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Burns |
modern ampersand |
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Burns |
"ye" for the |
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Burns |
"sd" for said |
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Burns |
"wth" for with |
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Burns |
"wr" for were |
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Burns |
"wch" for which |
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Burns |
"Octob~" for October |
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Burns |
"Eliz:" for Elizabeth |
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Burns |
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1 Manuscript With This Hand: |
ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
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No. 683 | Examination of Sarah Cole (of Lynn) | 1 |
##### | Burns |
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(?) in the ID column indicates some uncertainty that this actually is this scribe. |
* in the Hand column indicates signature on manuscript |
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