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Calligraphy & illumination : a history and practical guide / Patricia Lovett.
LIBRA Z43 .L86 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovett, Patricia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calligraphy.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Calligraphy and illumination
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2000.
- Summary:
- Traces the history of calligraphy and illumination, explores the use of gold in miniatures and highlighting, and explains the basic techniques of calligraphy. Also provides step-by-step instructions for designing and painting a coat of arms, plus a reference section on selecting materials, mixing colors, and stretching vellum.
- Contents:
- Calligraphy
- Introduction
- Materials and equipment
- Starting to write
- Historical alphabets
- Experimenting with letters
- Working to commission
- Ideas with letters
- Handwriting and calligraphy / Rosemary Sassoon
- Calligraphy and typeface design / Hermann Zapf
- Illumination
- The art of illumination / Michelle P. Brown
- How to gild
- Illumination projects
- Heraldry
- The history of heraldry
- A coat of arms
- Designing and painting a coat of arms
- The College of Arms
- The modern herald / D.H.B. Chesshyre, Clarenceux King of Arms
- Heraldry around us
- Different heraldic traditions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lovett, Patricia. Calligraphy & illumination.
- ISBN:
- 0810941198
- 9780810941199
- OCLC:
- 43913179
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