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Shorthand and snark: An unexpected journey through Virgil
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Shorthand and snark: An unexpected journey through Virgil

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Abbie Weinberg

I joined the Folger just over two months ago, and one of the most delightful things about my new job as the Reference and Outreach Specialist (aside from the fact that I get to work at the Folger!) is that…

Thomas Shelton's shorthand version of the Lord's Prayer
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Thomas Shelton's shorthand version of the Lord's Prayer

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Heather Wolfe

Commenters to last week’s post, Heirloom apples and pears, anyone?, correctly identified the shorthand text found in Henry Oxinden’s miscellany (Folger MS V.b.110) as the Lord’s Prayer written out according to Thomas Shelton’s method of shorthand, called tachygraphy. Below is…