[Examples of the chancery hand, engraved]
A 1598 Italian penmanship manual published in Italy by Paolo de Enocho, with specimens attributed to Scipione Leone and Giovanni Paolo Biancho, showing chancery-hand writing for practitioners learning formal script. The single plate shows a framed sheet of flourished cursive lines and a large decorated initial, with a tall looping swash on the right that a letterer could study for stroke rhythm and ornamental capitals.
![Picture 1 of 1 from [Examples of the chancery hand, engraved] (1598), leaf 27](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-examplesofchance00leon-27-0.webp)