chirography
51chirographic — adjective see chirography …
52chirographical — adjective see chirography …
53Calligraphy — (from Greek polytonic|κάλλος kallos beauty + polytonic|γραφή graphẽ writing ) is the art of writing (Mediavilla 1996: 17). A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and… …
54Daniel Pratt (eccentric) — For other people named Daniel Pratt, see Daniel Pratt (disambiguation). “General” Daniel Pratt, Jr. (born 11 April 1809 in Prattville, Chelsea, Massachusetts; died 21 June 1887 in Boston) was an American itinerant speaker, author, performance… …
55Joanna Hiffernan — Joanna Jo Hiffernan (sometimes Heffernan; ca. 1843 ndash; after 1903) was an Irish born artists model and muse who was romantically linked with American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler and French painter Gustave Courbet. The red haired,… …
56chirographer — See chirography. * * * …
57diplomatics — /dip leuh mat iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like. [1785 95; see DIPLOMATIC, ICS] * * * ▪ study of documents Introduction… …
58Saint John Damascene — St. John Damascene † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. John Damascene Born at Damascus, about 676; died some time between 754 and 787. The only extant life of the saint is that by John, Patriarch of Jerusalem, which dates from the tenth… …
59cacography — noun a) Bad spelling. b) Bad handwriting. Syn: crabbed, cramped, faint, hieroglyphic, illegible, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure …
60Chirographer — A chirographer can refer to Someone who studies chirography a machine patented in 1842 by Charles Thurber which was an early form of typewriter. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …
