The Historical Sourcebook for Scribes

Superb resource for historical calligraphers K. L. Scarfe Beckett Not the cheapest book but it's an invaluable reference for calligraphers interested in historical scripts. We'd all love to get to the manuscripts section of the British Library and spend a few months analysing calligraphic hands from Roman onwards but it's not usually poss. Amazing book. I rank it right up there with Michael C M Harding Amazing book. I rank it right up there with Marc Drogin's "Medieval Calligraphy, Its History and Technique" as one of the best sources for Medieval European calligraphy.. A fine book on historical writing Like other authors before them, Brown and Lovett have attempted to create the ultimate general guide to historical writing. And, like other authors before them, they've met with modest success. Modest, because like anyone else who tries to break the ductus of a given hand d

Brown is a curator of Western Manuscripts in the British Library and author of several books, including A Guide to Western Historical Scripts and The Book of Cerne.Patricia Lovett is a professional scribe. About the AuthorMichelle P. She is Chair of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society and also a Fellow.

Patricia Lovett uses the manuscripts to analyse the letter-forms in detail, and then gives clear guidance on how to write the letters. Dr Michelle P. Other selected manuscripts with clear letter-forms show the development of that alphabet style throughout the periods under consideration. Fourteen historical manuscripts, supported by other manuscript examples, are used to explore fifteen selected writing styles. A whole page is devoted to exemplar letters of each alphabet style, with clear guidelines on how the letters are formed, including punctuation marks, an ampersand (or et ligature) and numerals. Each section includes a specially created piece of modern calligraphy, showing how the hand can be used today.. Brown analyses the production of the manuscripts, setting them in their historical context and relating them to the people w

Brown is a curator of Western Manuscripts in the British Library and author of several books, including A Guide to Western Historical Scripts and The Book of Cerne.Patricia Lovett is a professional scribe. Michelle P. She is Chair of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society and also a Fellow.