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Round Hand (also Roundhand) is a type of handwriting and calligraphy originating in England in the 1660s primarily by the writing masters John Ayers and William Banson. Characterised by an open flowing hand and subtle contrast of thick and thin strokes deriving from metal pointed nibs, its popularity rapidly grew, becoming codified as a standard through the publication of printed writing manuals. == Origins == During the Renaissance writing masters of the Apostolic Camera developed the ''italic cursiva'' script. When the Apostolic Camera was destroyed during the sack of Rome in 1527 many masters moved to Southern France where they began to refine the renaissance ''italic cursiva'' script into a new script, ''italic circumflessa''.〔 By the end of the 16th century ''italic circumflessa'' began to replace ''italic cursiva''. ''Italic circumflessa'' was further adapted into the French style ''rhonde'' in the early 17th century.〔 By the mid-17th century French officials were flooded with documents written in various hands at varied levels of skills and artistry. As a result officials began to complain that many such documents were beyond their ability to cipher.〔 France's Controller-General of Finances took proposals from French writing masters of the time, the most influential being Louis Barbedor ''(article currently only available on Wikipedia in French)'' who had published his ''Les Escitures Financieres Et Italienne Bastarde Dans Leur Naturel'' circa 1650.〔 After examining the proposals the Controller-General of Finances decided to restrict all legal documents to three hands, namely the ''Coulee'', the ''Rhonde'', and a ''Speed Hand'' sometimes simply called ''Bastarde''. In England Edward Cocker had been publishing copybooks based upon French ''rhonde'' in the 1640s. In the 1680s John Ayres and William Banson popularized their versions of ''rhonde'' after further refining and developing it into what had become known as English round hand style.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「round hand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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