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English handwriting

English Handwriting Online 1500-1700 by Cambridge University concentrates on English Handwriting from the period 1500-1700.

The National Archives palaeography tutorial includes tuition in Latin palaeography as well as English handwriting for 1500-1800.

Palaeography

Transcribe Bentham is an innovative crowd-sourcing project to transcribe the manuscripts of the philosopher Jeremy Betham (1748-1832).

Dictionary of the Scottish Language

www.dsl.ac.uk/
An online Scots dictionary, which is useful for those troubled by Scots words.

Scottish Language Dictionaries

www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk
This website gives information on the production of Scots dictionaries.