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Budget Draft in Ronde ScriptSully
This manuscript on paper (1611), prepared by Sully, chief minister of Henri IV, is written in ronde , a script systematized by Louis Barbedor in 1632; it reflects elegant, rounded strokes made with a slanted-cut quill. Known as financial script , the style remained standard in French administration until the early 20th c.
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