Skip to Content
List of Access Keys
MyPage (not signed in)
Search The National Archives
Enter search terms
Advanced search
Skip to content
Home page
A to Z index
Search
Visit us
Help
Complaints procedure
Terms of use
Contact us
Access key details
About us
Education
Records
Information management
Shop online
You are here:
Home
>
Records
>
Understand the archives
>
Reading old documents
>
Latin Palaeography
> Explore Letters
Sub-navigation
How to use this tutorial
Deciphering text
Abbreviations
Making transcriptions
Dealing with difficulties
Glossary
Further reading
Further practice
Latin Palaeography
Explore Letters
Lesson
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Lesson 1
a
b
c
d
d
e
f
g
h
i
l
m
n
o
p
r
s
t
u
v
x
C
D
E
G
N
R
Top of page
Lesson 2
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
l
m
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
A
B
D
E
G
H
I
J
K
M
P
R
S
T
W
Top of page
Lesson 3
a
a
b
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
s
t
u
u
v
v
w
x
y
z
A
B
E
G
H
I
L
M
N
P
Q
R
S
V
W
Top of page
Lesson 4
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
s
t
t
u
v
w
x
C
E
G
H
I
J
N
P
R
S
T
V
W
Top of page
Lesson 5
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
M
O
P
R
S
T
W
Top of page
Lesson 6
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
r
s
s
t
u
v
y
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
P
R
S
T
W
X
Top of page
Lesson 7
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
l
m
n
o
p
r
s
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
L
M
N
P
Q
R
S
T
U
W
Top of page
Lesson 8
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
r
s
s
t
u
v
x
y
A
B
D
E
I
K
M
N
O
R
S
W
Top of page
Lesson 9
a
b
c
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
r
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
S
T
V
W
Top of page
Lesson 10
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
s
t
u
v
x
y
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
M
N
P
R
S
T
W
Top of page
Utility Menu:
Contact us
Help
A to Z index
Site search
Accessibility