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In it is writing in English and intermittent Brachygraphy characters. The bottom box is titled 'Arbitrary Characters' and contains two narrow columns of brachygraphy characters and their meanings in wider columns next to each. There are faint pencil markings in the top margin of Brachygraphy characters. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Private collections Description An account of the resource Material from various private collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource nineteenth century twenty-first century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Various. Please consult individual items for details. Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuals (instructional materials) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rules for Representing Vowels and a Table of Arbitrary Characters from Gurney's Brachygraphy manual Subject The topic of the resource brachygraphy manuals (instructional materials) Gurney Description An account of the resource A description of how to represent vowels in the Brachygraphy shorthand system, as well as a list of arbitrary characters that begin with upper or lower case letters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gurney, Thomas Gurney, Joseph Gurney, William Brodie Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brachygraphy, or, an Easy and Compendious System of Shorthand, Sixteenth Edition (London: Saunders and Benning, 1835), private collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Saunders and Benning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this image in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BrachygraphyVowelsArbitraryCharacters brachygraphy Gurney manuals (instructional materials) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/77037/archive/files/361d6685899f06b6ab07bdc607bf5310.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=JEwyvKidARLSxrxzzhaDMZYrmfAoFEhAynWsgtFqixrHShWJv5odA34yBJOzV-pXl7exNgrIhbo3T13KLHWX5nCzGZdRzF5oYUugDh354dCZRYJwH67epGY%7EpKTskb%7E0lSSQMvUc2ajel3gSwOoPIwLRrrCOGpV1pJPL7-SOWyHYkf5y0IkLxOP4-PXkYSeKlWqEjfGLStIc4BcKWf--d%7ERZr3tj2jAZbkeIf3x85JaMhbflMEXlAbBavhKxVjdCyDAIN30SCdKK5antYhV231c58hfF0tAoNpFCO%7ErM7tW0JXL3VDod5TGK8TAUe9nMJZFPJTMsseGTa2xnFK%7EMtw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 89ed14aa8cdaac403852c9f627bcf4cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A printed title page from a book. The paper shows age staining. The text is surrounded by decorative curls mimicking handwriting flourishes. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Private collections Description An account of the resource Material from various private collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource nineteenth century twenty-first century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Various. Please consult individual items for details. Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Transcription: Brachygraphy, or, an easy and compendious system of short hand by Thomas Gurney, improved by Joseph Gurney, and now practised by William Brodie Gurney, short hand writer to both Houses of Parliament. The Sixteenth Edition. Printed for W. B. Gurney. Sold by Saunders & Benning, 43, Fleet Street, London. Published as the Act directs, January 1.1835. Price half a guinea. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Title Page of Gurney's Brachygraphy manual Subject The topic of the resource brachygraphy title page manuals (instructional materials) Gurney Description An account of the resource The title page of Gurney's Brachygraphy manual Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gurney, Thomas Gurney, Joseph Gurney, William Brodie Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brachygraphy, or, an Easy and Compendious System of Shorthand, Sixteenth Edition (London: Saunders and Benning, 1835), private collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Saunders and Benning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this image in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BrachygraphyTitlePage brachygraphy Gurney manuals (instructional materials) title page https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/77037/archive/files/9cdf5c88d85cb98f5ea3f4a0a72ae269.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=WOr-3At%7E4l6X%7EmN6XlylMwITEvgDzz2kvxkiMcszi1LUOiO9OYVlPJ89U-roIfltE0F7MwL4j2QZr7ndKXEh%7EZyjwK5sh3SUeFfwEQutOCidDe-Kz2JhlzH37kDFTpFKHlTCvoUrY%7EgbUcvJ1gEeSdnFdRf%7EITcxFWwoYM2i9nLe5KNG5bDP87Sb2xW-QzaTHAZ-Ni7qWtadhRqCKbQyLhIhK%7Eff7W594RaGZJ6mP1YdlFeW7AJO3KHDTgG55sVEtOPrLPbuVN04HNNRNh30RkH4rlYUjs4xSIPyFK-pUrI5J2rvXWwW-4xxObcsgQn4xVWf7Bp8iBHCkLJ8piqwJQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 45b12c09d169cdd27055784c2a3b83a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A black and white illustration on a book page. The illustration is of a man with a rounded face. He is wearing a white wig, necktie, waistcoat and jacket. He is smiling with mouth closed. His portrait is illustrated in an oval decorative frame. Beneath the frame are depictions of books, papers and a pen and ink stand. At the bottom of the illustration are the words 'Thomas Gurney' separated by a crest. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Private collections Description An account of the resource Material from various private collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource nineteenth century twenty-first century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Various. Please consult individual items for details. Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data illustration Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Gurney Subject The topic of the resource illustration manuals (instructional materials) Gurney Frontispiece Description An account of the resource A portrait of Thomas Gurney, inventor of the Gurney shorthand system. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A page in a book. The paper shows age staining. On the page is printed a table. Above the table is the number three in brackets. The table is headed 'Arbitrary Characters for Prepositions and Terminations &c.' The table lists Brachygraphy characters in three narrow columns, each next to a wider column listing the accompanying definitions. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Private collections Description An account of the resource Material from various private collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource nineteenth century twenty-first century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Various. Please consult individual items for details. Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuals (instructional materials) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Table of 'Arbitrary Characters for Prepositions and Terminations' from Gurney's Brachygraphy manual Subject The topic of the resource brachygraphy manuals (instructional materials) Gurney Description An account of the resource A table of shorthand symbols that stand for arbitrary characters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gurney, Thomas Gurney, Joseph Gurney, William Brodie Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brachygraphy, or, an Easy and Compendious System of Shorthand, Sixteenth Edition (London: Saunders and Benning, 1835), private collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Saunders and Benning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this image in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BrachygraphyArbitraryCharacters brachygraphy Gurney manuals (instructional materials) shorthand https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/77037/archive/files/b86d588d3fb4108265658304091a5859.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=l8wQdmUrDVOFnDLtjIBG2YpkKvNzSP8E6wzYDVHBTfeXPnLZFmZNbPsRA8tAEzBAHjNTmHEGff%7EVwxecguMj3%7ENMiLXHKdDV9RLstTrTqe7oON00LR6HtEtxyYLafEmAQ3-ZRQqSbv0p5RsUpb-tBXeApF2RtYcTt-dmmuomDDd8hVoR9WbB2Gk5bm0PuS4XWnGGhFS7P36IGQEjK4Mj6YHDt3PhO6z3LwNhLp1DOn5KkmroUwxIakqqEskwh1AzGDJOQlPMHJoKFnRkuxBmZmLifnFWAaDY5Sp0sDdvNLl7xZU9hw9EyITl6SFOIzF5ES0Fkk-PjY189nTYwcwm2Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5bee2b51a6940d67ce23d85c54ccd07f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A page in a book. The paper shows age staining. On the page is printed a table divided into four columns, with the first column further subdivided in two. Above the table is the number one in brackets. The table has three headings: 'Alphabet', 'Letters' and 'Words'. A slim column on the far left shows simple Brachygraphy symbols. The second column shows alphabet characters and words that the symbol can also stand for. The next column provides examples of the Gurney spellings of words, eliminating duplicate letters and internal vowels (i.e. 'assault' becomes 'aslt'). The next column spells the word out using joined shorthand symbols. The final column translates the joined shorthand character back into a longhand word. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Private collections Description An account of the resource Material from various private collections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource nineteenth century twenty-first century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Various. Please consult individual items for details. Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data manuals (instructional materials) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alphabet Table from Gurney's Brachygraphy manual Subject The topic of the resource brachygraphy shorthand manuals (instructional materials) Gurney Description An account of the resource A table of shorthand symbols for letters of the alphabet, words that the same symbols can stand for, and spelt characters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gurney, Thomas Gurney, Joseph Gurney, William Brodie Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brachygraphy, or, an Easy and Compendious System of Shorthand, Sixteenth Edition (London: Saunders and Benning, 1835), private collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Saunders and Benning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1835 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this image in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource English Brachygraphy shorthand Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BrachygraphyAlphabetTable brachygraphy Gurney manuals (instructional materials) shorthand