Bookhand is an English word starting with the letter B. With 4 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Bookhand in a sentence
Using Bookhand
- In the example corpus, bookhand often appears in combinations such as: protogothic bookhand, bookhand it.
Context around Bookhand
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bookhand
- In this selection, "bookhand" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, protogothic and pure stand out and add context to how "bookhand" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pure bookhand it thus and english protogothic bookhand it evolved. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bookhand" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bookhand
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another script that is derived from the Caroline Minuscule was the German Protogothic Bookhand. (14 words)
All the individual letters are Caroline; but just as with English Protogothic Bookhand it evolved. (15 words)
A script that has been thus formalized is known as a bastard script (whereas a bookhand that has had cursive elementas fused onto it is known as a hybrid script). (30 words)
The advantage of such a script was that it could be written more quickly than a pure bookhand; it thus recommended itself to scribes in a period when demand for books was increasing and authors were tending to write longer texts. (41 words)
A script that has been thus formalized is known as a bastard script (whereas a bookhand that has had cursive elementas fused onto it is known as a hybrid script). (30 words)
All the individual letters are Caroline; but just as with English Protogothic Bookhand it evolved. (15 words)
Example sentences (4)
All the individual letters are Caroline; but just as with English Protogothic Bookhand it evolved.
Another script that is derived from the Caroline Minuscule was the German Protogothic Bookhand.
A script that has been thus formalized is known as a bastard script (whereas a bookhand that has had cursive elementas fused onto it is known as a hybrid script).
The advantage of such a script was that it could be written more quickly than a pure bookhand; it thus recommended itself to scribes in a period when demand for books was increasing and authors were tending to write longer texts.
Common combinations with bookhand
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- protogothic bookhand 2×
- bookhand it 2×