title: Autographs of French Kings from the collection of Nikolay Likhachev
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metadata.value: Nosova, Ekaterina I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-06-21T10:14:52Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-06-21T10:14:52Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Nosova E. I. Autographs of French Kings from the collection of Nikolay Likhachev. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 2, pp. 432–446.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.207
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/10286
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article continues the study of the acts and letters of the King of France Louis XI (1461–
  1483), stored in the Scientific and Historical Archives of the St. Petersburg Institute of History
  RAS and originating from the collection of Nikolay Petrovich Likhachev (1862–1936). In the
  process of preparing documents for publication, the author had to face the problem of attribution
  of autographs. Since researchers have long known that some secretaries of Louis XI had
  the right to sign documents on behalf of the king, the authenticity of these signatures needs to
  be proven. The question of signature was traditionally developed in French historiography. So,
  in 2015 the work devoted to the birth and development of the signature in France in the Middle
  Ages was published. Among other things, the author examines autographs of Louis XI trying to
  solve the problem of the authorship of signatures. However, he does not always manage to come
  to any conclusion. We have tried to supply the method of palaeographic research used by the
  author by forensic handwriting expertise. The analysis showed that the handwriting of Louis
  XI can be called a medium-developed one. It is distinguished by the rhythm, the high degree of
  the motor skill and the regularity (consistent heights and widths). The signature of Louis XI can
  be attributed to the signatures of a complex design, which are not easy to imitate. At the same
  time, the royal secretaries, who had the right to imitate the King’s handwriting, belonged to the
  category of high-level specialists, therefore, the signature they made differed only by insignificant details. One of the brightest signs of imitation of the handwriting of another person is the
  reduction of the coordination of movements, which is manifested in the large and small sinuosity
  and angularity of strokes, prevalence of adhesions over conjoint elements, thickness at the
  beginnings and terminations of strokes, unjustified stops of a feather as well as undifferentiated
  pressing. All these characteristics were found in the autographs of Louis XI from the Scientific
  Archives of St. Petersburg Institute of History. Thus, it can be concluded with a certain degree
  of probability that these signatures didn’t belong to the king himself.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This research was supported by the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for the young
  PhDs no. МК-5297.2018.6 “Letters and acts of French Kings in the Scientific Archives of St. Petersburg
  Institute of History (14th–15th)”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 2
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historical handwriting
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: palaeography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Louis XI
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: French Chancellery
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: forensic handwriting expertise
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: autographs
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: N. P. Likhachev
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Autographs of French Kings from the collection of Nikolay Likhachev
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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