A Beginner's Guide to Uncial Calligraphy A-P with Janet.
The script uses many ligatures and has many unique scribal abbreviations, along with many borrowings from Tironian notes. Insular script was spread to England by the Hiberno-Scottish mission; previously, uncial script had been brought to England by Augustine of Canterbury. The influences of both scripts produced the Insular script system.
Carolingian minuscule or Caroline minuscule is a script which developed as a calligraphic standard in Europe so that the Latin alphabet of Jerome's Vulgate Bible could be easily recognized by the literate class from one region to another. It was developed for the first time, circa AD 780, by a Benedictine monk of Corbie Abbey (about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Paris), Alcuin of York.
Calligraphy - Calligraphy - Latin-alphabet handwriting: To understand the development of modern Western calligraphy it is important to survey historical writing styles—some of which profoundly influenced subsequent work—as well as how the materials of writing have been used. Most calligraphy is done with pen and ink on paper or parchment, although brushes and chisels are also used for.
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Scripts: handwriting as distinct from print; written characters. Now to Learn Calligraphy: 1. “Loopy” (Modern Calligraphy) Above is a common modern calligraphy alphabet, and below is a modern calligraphy alphabet done with a brush pen. I see this as the best beginner script to learn, as consistency, spacing and formatting isn’t as important.
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