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Letters of Edward de Vere: The Last Surviving Letter

Contains an image and text of Edward de Vere’s last surviving letter, written to James I on January 30, 1603.

Folger Library: Shakespeare “Signature” is a Fraud. . .

Dr. Heather Wolfe of the Folger Shakespeare Library contracts Tom Reedy, explaining that the seventh “Shakespeare signature” in a copy of William Lambarde’s Archaionomia is a forgery. Not, apparently, to the Oxfrauds.

The Seventh Shakespeare Signature: Real Deal or Forgery?

Farnsworth weighs the evidence for and against the authenticity of the alleged Shakespeare “signature” on William Lambarde’s Archaionomia.

What is a Shakespeare Diagnostic? Why should You Care?

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The Blog entry discusses the startling fact pattern of the de Vere Geneva Bible annotations: almost 2/3 of Shakespeare’s most commonly alluded to Bible references are marked or underlined in the book.

Shakespeare’s Books: Small Latin and Less Anglo-Saxon?

Posted By Roger Stritmatter on January 15, 2014 The featured image above shows the title page of the Folger V.a.230 copy of William Lambarde’s Archaionomia.The partially obscured, apparently Elizabethan annotation at the top of the leaf reads: “This book to… Continue Reading →

Forensic Handwriting Analysis: How Not to Do It

The blog entry examines and disproves the hypothesis that annotations in books from Sir Thomas Smith’s library are in the handwriting of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. They are, instead, in the handwriting of de Vere’s tutor, Sir Thomas Smith.

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