Handwriting and Visual Impairment: A Forensic Analysis of J. S. Bach's Signatures

Heidi Harralson; Clare Kaufman; Martin Jarvis

Handwriting and Visual Impairment: A Forensic Analysis of J. S. Bach's Signatures

Heidi Harralson, Clare Kaufman, Martin Jarvis

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Abstract

This paper examines the historical signatures of 18th century composer, J. S. Bach, to evaluate the effects of vision impairment on handwritten signatures. It is questioned whether Bach penned certain signatures as it is historically documented that he was virtually blind in the years just prior to his death in 1750. Applying information collected from published forensic studies about the effects of vision impairment on handwriting, handwriting indices of vision impairment are compared to Bach's signatures in the late 1740s.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Drawing, Handwriting Processing Analysis
Subtitle of host publication	New Advances and Challenges
Editors	Céline Rémi, Lionel Prévost, Eric Anquetil
Place of Publication	Guadeloupe
Publisher	Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane
Pages	99-102
Number of pages	4
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	979-10-95177-01-2
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	International Graphonomics Society Conference (IGC 2015 17th) - Pointe-Ã -Pitre & Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, Pointe-Ã -Pitre & Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe Duration: 21 Jun 2015 → 25 Jun 2015 Conference number: 2015 (17th)

Conference

Conference	International Graphonomics Society Conference (IGC 2015 17th)
Abbreviated title	IGC
Country/Territory	Guadeloupe
City	Pointe-Ã -Pitre & Saint-Claude
Period	21/06/15 → 25/06/15

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Harralson, H, Kaufman, C & Jarvis, M 2015, Handwriting and Visual Impairment: A Forensic Analysis of J. S. Bach's Signatures. in C Rémi, L Prévost & E Anquetil (eds), Drawing, Handwriting Processing Analysis: New Advances and Challenges. vol. 1, Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane, Guadeloupe, pp. 99-102, International Graphonomics Society Conference (IGC 2015 17th), Pointe-Ã -Pitre & Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, 21/06/15.

Handwriting and Visual Impairment : A Forensic Analysis of J. S. Bach's Signatures. / Harralson, Heidi; Kaufman, Clare; Jarvis, Martin.

Drawing, Handwriting Processing Analysis: New Advances and Challenges. ed. / Céline Rémi; Lionel Prévost; Eric Anquetil. Vol. 1 Guadeloupe : Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane, 2015. p. 99-102.

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