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Noël
Denholm-Young
b. 5 January 1904–d. 30 June 1975

3 publications between 1937 and 1964 indexed
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Denholm-Young, Noël, Handwriting in England and Wales, 2nd ed., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1964.  
Contents: I. The history of palaeography -- How to begin -- Terminology -- Handwriting in the West to c. A.D. 800 -- Old English hands to c. A.D. 1200 -- Accents -- II. The Caroline minuscule to the development of the Gothic script -- III. The Gothic script -- IV. Court hands: Handwriting in Wales -- V. Localization -- The production of manuscripts -- Vi. Abbreviations -- VII. The secretary hand and the coming of italic -- VIII. Punctuation -- Numerals -- Mathematical symbols -- Musical palaeography -- Dating -- How to describe a manuscript -- Rules for transmission.
Contents: I. The history of palaeography -- How to begin -- Terminology -- Handwriting in the West to c. A.D. 800 -- Old English hands to c. A.D. 1200 -- Accents -- II. The Caroline minuscule to the development of the Gothic script -- III. The Gothic script -- IV. Court hands: Handwriting in Wales -- V. Localization -- The production of manuscripts -- Vi. Abbreviations -- VII. The secretary hand and the coming of italic -- VIII. Punctuation -- Numerals -- Mathematical symbols -- Musical palaeography -- Dating -- How to describe a manuscript -- Rules for transmission.
Denholm-Young, Noël, Handwriting in England and Wales, 1st ed., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1954.
Craster, H. H. E., and Noël Denholm-Young, Summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, vol. 2.2: Collections received before 1660 and miscellaneous MSS. acquired during the first half of the 17th century, nos. 3491–8716, Oxford: Clarendon, 1937.