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This work originally began in 1989 as a short history of
chirology of some three thousand words and was but merely a summary of the main events in
the development of chirology over the centuries. However, historical studies have a habit
of drawing you in and leaving you unsatisfied until all stones have been turned! The
second draft multiplied to thirty thousand words and the third draft, in turn, multiplied
to some sixty thousand words. Some seven years after finishing the research this, the
fourth draft, is finally published. And yet, there are still many more nooks and crannies
to be explored. For although this work comprehensively covers the literature to be found
in academic institutions within the UK, notable gaps can readily be seen with regard to
the literature held within European institutions and much more so with regard to the
history of the development of the art in countries such as India, China and the Middle
East. Despite these obvious shortfalls, it is some consolation to consider that a
historical overview such as this can never be truly complete; it can only be a history of
that which has been written down and can therefore only be a history of those texts which
have survived the many centuries. Of that which has not been preserved, we can know
nothing.
This work is therefore presented knowing that there is still yet more to be
written.