Reading the Court Script of Louis XIV
Our last post focused on the court script of Ferdinand and Isabella. This looks at an important document of Louis XIV, and French of...
Reading the Court Script of Ferdinand and Isabella
Deciphering old script can be a headache and a joy – at the same time. Previously, we looked at script from a document from...
So You Think You Can Read?
New York Tribune founder Horace Greeley, famed for his illegible handwriting, once scribbled a note to a member of his staff, dismissing him for...
Do You Know Who Signed this?
This is a crytopgram, a signature where the abbreviations stand for a bigger message. There is no full consensus about its meaning. A common...