Figure 254
Court Hand, Secretary, and Scriptorial Types from Sale Catalogue of the James Foundry, London
From Updike’s personal copy now in Providence Public Library Special Collections (scans), Also from 1961 facsimile
1782
Types modelled on the old Norman law-hand called “set court,” “bas secretary” (or engrossing), and “running secretary,”—the latter the cursive of the law courts of Queen Elizabeth’s time,—also existed; but (like the civilité in France) they were never much used, and made little impression on English typography.