Mastering Spanish Handwriting and Documents: 1520-1820

Mastering Spanish Handwriting and Documents: 1520-1820; by George R. Ryskamp, Peggy Ryskamp I H. Leandro Soria; 2023; Paperback; Perfect bound; 308 pp + xxii; ISBN: 978-0-8063-2119-6; Item #: GPC5058D. English-speaking researchers and historians working with a Spanish-language document face two hurdles—understanding the handwriting and vocabulary, and grasping the record’s institutional, historic, social, and cultural context. This book’s unique and detailed content fills both needs.With images, charts, transcribed documents and in-depth commentary, Mastering Spanish Handwriting and Documents: 1520-1820 addresses fundamental handwriting concepts and challenges relevant to Spanish-language documents. Multiple examples familiarize readers with records written in both Humanistic hand (itálica) as well as the older, more difficult Secretary hand (cortesana or procesal), in the process giving users a deeper, more accurate, and more fulfilling research experience.Beyond letter forms, the vol