Beautiful calligraphy for wedding invitations, family trees, certificates, presentations, poems, quotes and more.
Swansea, Wales
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At the end of last year I was commissioned to write out this poem, written by Alan Llwyd, composed for the upcoming #Eisteddfod yr Urdd (Youth Eisteddfod), which will be held in Margam Park in May.
The Welsh National Book of Remembrance for the First World War, written by Graily Hewitt
We shall remember them
The Welsh National Book of Remembrance for the First World War contains the names of 35,000 servicemen and women, as well as members of Welsh Regiments, who lost their lives in the First World War.
library.wales/discover-learn…
ALT Cover of the Welsh National Book of Remembrance
ALT Page from the Welsh National Book of Remembrance
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Looking forward to running another Discover Calligraphy session at beautiful Laugharne Castle on Sunday. You can try writing with a quill, learn about the history of calligraphy and more!
Free event, but castle entry fees apply
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Another to add to the wish list!
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New online exhibition from Lambeth Palace Library - Moral & Material Decay: Four centuries of the Court of Arches
Explore our online exhibition:
Moral & Material Decay: Four centuries of the Court of Arches ⛪️📜
lambethpalacelibrary.info/mo…
#DigitalExhibition
Here are some highlights (🧵below) to get you started 👇
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The First World War began #OnThisDay in 1914. Our collections bring home the effect of the war on Wales and the Welsh. From trench maps to soldier diaries and the Book of Remembrance, its effect becomes clear
🔗library.wales/catalogues-sea…
ALT Image from The Welsh National Book of Remembrance
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Excellent guide to mounting artwork
New case study alert! Last year @NorthumbriaUni student Marina spent time with us mounting some of our J. R. R. Tolkien drawings. Find out more about the very elegant corner mounting techniques used, and learn the difference between a frog’s leg & a mini: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/libr…
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Step-by-step calligraphy books have a long history...
Printed manuals were one way that #Handwriting experts could instruct new scribes and calligraphers, as well as demonstrate their own skill with the pen. Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman shares some examples from 16th- to 19th-century Europe: hmml.org/stories/series-scri…
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I'll be making my TV debut this evening and tomorrow evening as the King's scribe in a documentary about #TheBlackDeath!
@ClasArts #Calligraphy #History
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Another book for the Christmas wish list...
A new book by @EEJackson999, The Lindisfarne Gospels: Art, History and Inspiration, has been published to coincide with the loan of the Gospels to Newcastle.
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A lovely walk, fascinating history and it's FREE!
A piece commissioned by the Pharmacy dept. of @SwanseaUni Medical School for their new Myddfai Room, kindly funded by the Physicians Of Myddfai Society. #calligraphy #welshart
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You can find out more about the fascinating history of the medieval Physicians of Myddfai (a village in #Carmarthenshire, #Wales), and the modern Physicians of Myddfai Society at myddfai.org/the-physicians-o…
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Recent work - a poem by Waldo Williams. If you're trying to work out what the language is, it's Welsh!
#Calligraphy #Welsh
The origin of the exclamation mark.
Hey! It's #TypographyTuesday!
Way back, medieval scribes stuck an "I" above an "o" to abbreviate "interiectiō" (interjection) helping form "Iō" (‘Hey!’).
By the 17th century, printing presses were using them as a "punctus admirativus", an exclamation point or exclamation mark.
ALT Composite image of letters from print, reading "G-R-A-P-H-Y" above "T-Y-P-O". A play on the word, "typography".
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Our #calligraphy classes for beginners and improvers start on May 3 at the Ostreme Centre in Mumbles, Swansea.
Find out more and book at bit.ly/38xfk45
#swansea @MumblesCouncil @Mumbles @MumblesGower
Try Japanese calligraphy with the talented Keiko Shimoda
Come and try your hand at Japanese Calligraphy! We're holding two sessions - one for children and one for adults - with freelance calligrapher, Keiko Shimoda, @kcalligraphy_uk.
🎫 Book your spot: loom.ly/QMtGQTI
#ULSamurai #Japanese
