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Calligraphy & illumination : a history and practical guide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lovett, Patricia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2000.
Subjects:
Calligraphy.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Table of 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
  • Introduction
  • The art of illumination / Michelle P. Brown
  • How to gild
  • Illumination projects
  • Heraldry
  • Introduction
  • 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.