This stunningly illustrated new book focuses on 77 intricate expressive & individual examples of calligraphy from the unparalleled collection of the British Library The author a renowned expert on the history of the form as well as a fine calligrapher herself writes
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- from a practitioner's point of view Ranging from the Middle Ages when beautiful calligraphy was a way of celebrating the divine to the renaissance of the art form by William Morris to the modern school of calligraphers following in the wake of master typographer Edward Johnston Patricia Lovett charts the development of calligraphy through the history of European manuscripts Large-scale full-colour reproductions enable the reader to see the fine detail of each manuscript & to understand more clearly than ever before the painstaking craft & great artistic skill that were necessary to create these strikingly beautiful pieces of writing