chancery hand
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chancery hand
noun chancery hands · Chancery hand
- 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. It begins like a transcript, at the top of the page, without the least appearance or form of an intended original : it is written in the common secretary hand of ,the age, which Crawford mistook for a chancery hand;[…].
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noun style of handwriting
| 中文 | 大法官手寫體 /大法官手写体 |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kanzleischrift |
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title = {chancery hand},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
