Salem Recorder Profile
| unidentified (scribe foar) |
Contributed by Peikola |
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| Overview |
Editor |
| The general appearance of the hand is non-professional and rustic. This quality is shown in his difficulties with word-division, the habit of forming each letter separately, the complete lack of abbreviations, the presence of some rather old fashioned secterary forms, and by his very infrequent use of capitals. One is tempted to suggest that the scribe was an elderly person. In RH's & MP's batch, this hand only occurs in Susannah Sheldon's depositions. |
Peikola |
| Orthography |
Sample |
Editor |
| The scribe frequently writes the indefinite article a together with the headword, eg "athicket" for a thicket |
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Peikola |
| "shee" for she |
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Peikola |
| "mee" for me |
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Peikola |
| "hee" for he |
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Peikola |
| "foar" for four |
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Peikola |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| Minuscule e is always of the 'epsilon'-type (Tannenbaum 38, no 4) |
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Peikola |
| Minuscule r is always of the 'twin-stemmed' secretary type (Tannenbaum 66, no 4) |
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Peikola |
| Capital letters very rare |
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Peikola |
| Abbreviations |
Sample |
Editor |
| No abbreviations are used. |
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Peikola |
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| 3 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
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| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 128 | Statement of Susannah Shelden v. George Burroughs | 1 |
### | Grund |
| No. 164 | Statement of Susannah Shelden v. Philip English, Sarah Buckley, Mary Whittredge, Bridget Bishop, Giles Cory, Mary English, & Martha Cory | 1 |
##### | Peikola |
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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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