Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/464
Preferred label
secretary hand
Alternative label
secretary handwriting; secretary; secretary script
Scope note
A style of handwriting used for writing English, Gaelic, German, and Welsh in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and which partly developed as a response to the increased use of letters.
Top concept
features
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/605
Broader/Parent concept
secretarial notation
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/461
Related concept
scribe
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/449
The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute Concept uri
Not in AAT
The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri
Not in LoB
Scope note source reference
Source
Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
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