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William Scawen and his manuscript

William Scawen and his manuscript. The document. You have some extracts from William Scawen’s manuscript, called Antiquities Cornubrittanic. He has beautiful handwriting: can you read any of it? He added extra bits in when he got older. Can you spot the difference in his writing?.

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William Scawen and his manuscript

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  1. William Scawen and his manuscript

  2. The document • You have some extracts from William Scawen’s manuscript, called Antiquities Cornubrittanic. • He has beautiful handwriting: can you read any of it? • He added extra bits in when he got older. Can you spot the difference in his writing?

  3. Document F/2/39 • Preserving the Cornish language meant a lot to William Scawen. • The language had already declined and he was worried it would die out so he copied a Cornish poem into this manuscript, and then wrote lots of background information to it.

  4. The Film • Watch the film about William Scawen and answer the following questions. 1) Where is the document kept now? 2) How old is the document? 3) Where did William Scawen live? 4) What is the document about? 5) Why did he write it? 6) Why couldn’t Scawen speak Cornish? 7) Why is Scawen important?

  5. 8) What would you preserve?

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