English Explanatory Dictionary

chancery hand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two styles of handwriting: a written form of black letter used in France and England from about 1350, developed in the Lateran chancelry in the 13th century, or a style of cursive handwriting introduced in the 1420s by Niccolò de' Niccoli, developed from humanist minuscule; a variety of either of these styles.

Word forms

chancery hand chancery hands

Related words

Chancery English court hand secretary hand black letter Carolingian minuscule humanist minuscule italic
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