Archives Live: Tudors – Paleography challenge

Challenge One

Cropped part of a Tudor manuscript with difficult-to-read handwriting. A two-word phrase is circled.

What does this phrase say?

a) Gift giving
b) Great grip
c) Great grief
d) Giant grouse

Challenge Two

Try reading the circled sentences and write down your guess. We’ve provided some words to help you:

Cropped part of a Tudor manuscript with difficult-to-read handwriting. A short phrase is circled.

Cropped part of a Tudor manuscript with difficult-to-read handwriting. A short phrase is circled.

Help

The letter 'F' written in a Tudor document, looking more elaborate and ornamental than our modern version. = f

The letter 'H' written in a Tudor document, looking more like an inverted number 3 than our modern version. = h

The letter 'P' written in a Tudor document, looking smaller than our modern version. = p

The letter 'S' written in a Tudor document, looking more like the letter 'P' than our modern version. = s

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