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One of the things that creates beauty in formal calligraphy (i.e., calligraphy based on historical models, rather than expressive, experimental, “modern calligraphy”) is consistency. Not only must every “a” be as identical as possible to every other “a,” but the letters in a particular script must feel like they belong together. As if they are members of […]

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Barbara Love
This small manuscript of the Gospels (only about 7" x 5", with a written area only the size of an index card) is written in a high-grade Uncial script of the middle period. In the main text, both serifs and tituli are made with very fine hairstrokes extended by curves — a sign of the calligraphic execution of the script. Initials take the form of enlarged Uncials Link: https://hmmlschool.org/folio/24/ Terms of use:  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4 Uncial Script, The Gospels, Index Card, Bright Ideas, Index Cards, The Script, Creative Commons, A Sign, High Grade

This small manuscript of the Gospels (only about 7" x 5", with a written area only the size of an index card) is written in a high-grade Uncial script of the middle period. In the main text, both serifs and tituli are made with very fine hairstrokes extended by curves — a sign of the calligraphic execution of the script. Initials take the form of enlarged Uncials Link: https://hmmlschool.org/folio/24/ Terms of use: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC…

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Nikkila Carroll

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