Help on Handwriting, letters, numbers etc.
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Handwriting, letters, numbers, currencies etc.:
- Examples from the STR, around 1627, upper case (Writing_STR_uc.pdf)
- Examples from the STR, 2e half 16th century, upper case (Writing_STR_uc_1550-1600.pdf)
- Examples from the STR, around 1627, lower case (Writing_STR_lc.pdf)
- Roman numbers in the STR, and how to enter these (Romans.pdf)
- Monetary units and their writing & symbols in the STR (coins_STR.pdf)
- Expressions and abbreviations from the STR (expressions_abbreviations.pdf)
- Some information about currencies used in the Sound toll registers (currencies in STRO)
Reading STR:
- Document ‘The writing of the Soundtoll Registers’, the writing of the STR, examples per letter, abbreviations and roman numerals
- Document ‘Data Entry, Examples 1557, complete reading exercises of www.meertens.knaw.nl/sonttol_editor/session written out.
- Document ‘Data Entry, Examples 1627, complete reading exercises of www.meertens.knaw.nl/sonttol_editor/session written out.
Further handwriting:
- Capitals in the 16th century (E. Kroman, Skriftens historie i Danmark, 1994) (capitals16c.pdf)
- Lowercase in the 16th century (E. Kroman) (lowercase16c.pdf)
- Capitals in the 17th and 18th century (E. Kroman) (capitals17c18c.pdf)
- Lowercase in the 17th and 18th century (E. Kroman) (lowercase17c18c.pdf)
- Roman and Arab numbers (E. Kroman) (numbers.pdf)
- Some specials in the first half of the 17th century (E. Kroman) (somefh17c.pdf)
- Various: some abbreviations of words, months and coins (E. Kroman) (various.pdf)
