Links

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.

http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/
This site from Leicester University contains sample images, tutorials and extensive bibliographies in relation to both medieval and early modern handwriting.

Palaeography

www.jaydax.co.uk/genlinks/palaeography.html
A limited resource with some interesting information for would-be palaeographers.

Transcribe Bentham

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/transcribe-bentham/
An innovative crowd-sourcing project to transcribe the manuscripts of the philospher 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.