copperplate script: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	anglaise • English round hand

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Copperplate script by John Ayres, 1683; in the collection of the Columbia University Libraries

English round hand script edited by Philip Hofer and engraved by George Bickham; from The Universal Penman (1743).

Elegant copperplate calligraphy spelling out Music resembles Poetry, with flowing, ornate script and decorative flourishes.

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