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I made a decision several months ago to give up the commission side of my art business. As my calendar had filled with teaching engagements and trips to far-flung places, it became more and more difficult to find time to squeeze in the labor-intensive custom artwork. But when my friend Mary approached me a few […]

Recently in my attempts to get myself to do art post-graduation I have been working on an Illuminted Letters Alphabet. Originally I was just going to make one 'A' but then I got caught up in it, so now I'm moving on to the whole alphabet. Each letter is inspired by an obscure or unusual word. A was before I really had any idea of a theme. I guess in retrospect A is for Aviary. I then experimented with some color, scanning in old test strips of watercolor samples. Still not quite sure if I…

King Arthur is perhaps the most well-known subject in Anglophone literature. The Arthurian legend not only endures but also evolves and expands over time.

A daily calligraphy blog about alphabets and projects done in pen. Advice to the novice and musings for those more advanced in the art of penmanship.

:first-letter's an ancient pseudo-element, which has excellent modern support. It can be used to add a drop-capital to paragraphs, like this. You're probably looking at it and thinking “this is…

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Illuminated letters

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This illuminated Book of Hours was produced in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. It is written in the Netherlandish translation of Geert Grote. Although lacking in full-page miniatures, the manuscript contains eighteen historiated initials by the Masters of Zweder van Culemborg with ornamental initials and decoration throughout. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.