Queen Victoria's Journals

[WestLothian]

http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/home.do

 

There are some browsable pages in her own handwriting going back to 1832.

Many more pages were edited by her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, on her mother's instructions.

 

I thought they may be of interest to examine a well schooled writer from the period.

[Titanic9990]

Cool! -This reminded me of an exhibit I saw at the Capitoline Museum in Rome a month or so ago, called Lux in Arcana. It contained a plethora of old manuscripts: some in gold ink from the dark ages, the "letter" that Henry VIII sent to the Pope leading to the Anglican church (reluctant to call such a physically large document a letter, it had lots of beautiful wax seals as well), a massive scroll denouncing the knights Templar and stuff of that sort, lots of other documents from Abraham Lincoln (why the Vatican has them I do not know) and other explorers. Of course pictures were not allowed, but if anyone happens to stroll on over to Italia its a worthwhile visit, lots of great old sealing wax stamps, calligraphy, and various inks used on these documents http://www.luxinarcana.org/en

[The Good Captain]

http://www.queenvict...als.org/home.do

 

There are some browsable pages in her own handwriting going back to 1832.

Many more pages were edited by her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, on her mother's instructions.

 

I thought they may be of interest to examine a well schooled writer from the period.

Yes indeed and it's nice to see a very distinct and individual hand.

[Columba Livia]

If we compare her writing to a copy from the book "Writing without a master" from 1858, we can see how similar her writing is, though this doesn't mean she learned from that book, just that both her handwriting and the book reflect a common style of running hand used at the time, which was very angular.

 

http://i.imgur.com/OhMVT.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/5jird.jpg

Edited May 25, 2012 by Columba Livia

[WestLothian]

I found your reference textbook online here: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JyBcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=twopage&q&f=true

 

The style is a form of English Roundhand and I note that the book is from a slightly later period than Victoria's education.

There are some interesting recommendations such as practising while standing at a writing desk. I remember offices filled with drawing boards where seats were scarce.

[Hex]

http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/home.do

 

There are some browsable pages in her own handwriting going back to 1832.

Many more pages were edited by her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, on her mother's instructions.

 

I thought they may be of interest to examine a well schooled writer from the period.

 

They make fascinating reading. I just read a few of her entries about when she became queen and married Albert.

I am going to look up other significant events and see what she had to say.

 

She sure loved Albert.

 

Thanks for this.

[garyc]

There is an article in this week's UK Radio Times, entitled "Victoria's secret diaries" which purports to show entries from 1836, 1837, 1839, and 1840. Of course they are nothing like the real journal entries on queenvictoriasjournals.org, but in any event, the article is quite interesting (albeit a thinly disguised advertising puff for the author's new book, The Victoria Letters, the 'official companion' to the TV series with its last episode screening tonight on ITV).

[sciumbasci]

Says I must register to see it