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Historic Examples Of Carolingian To Learn From?

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I am hoping to teach myself carolingian from historic examples in medieval manuscripts and I've found this one, would it make a good examplar? Are there other manuscripts that would work better? I'd like to have some variety to chose from, so if you know of any other manuscripts in carolingian that would make good examplars please let me know!

 

Also any advice you might have for learning from manuscripts would be appreciated, this is the first time I've tried this!

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Oh, yeah! That one will do well for a template hand. One of the finest examples of Carolingian I have seen. There are some pecularities to writing Carolingian (or any hand, for that matter). Would suggest that a good book teaching the hand should be on your list of things to acquire. Margaret Shepherd has a few books on Calligraphy and includes Carolingian, as do many other calligraphy manuals. The one I use and love is Marc Drogin's Medieval Calligraphy. His section on Carolingian is quite good. Be sure to read up on the other hands he teaches as well, much applies to Carolingian as well.

 

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Excellent! Thanks Randal, it's good to know I picked a good one! I have the Marc Drogin book, it's quite excellent, I'll read up on the carolingian section and see if I can find some Margaret Shepard boods at the library.

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I agree. You found a beautiful example of Carolingian script! Thanks for sharing the link.

 

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You're welcome David!

 

If anyone else has any tips or advice on learning directly from manuscripts I'd love to hear it.

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