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I just became aware of a wonderful resource for historical books on Calligraphy. It contains links to online (and in most cases downloadable) versions of historical copybooks arranged by Century, Country and Date. It is

 

www.pennavolans.com

 

 

Hundreds of books linked to, practically all the great masters, most of their main works are linked there,starting from the beginnings with Italian cursives, the Dutch masters (like Van de Velde) and French that influenced English writing to lead to English Round Hand, and its evolution and branching through the ages, including all US variants, but also its influences in German, French, Italian, Spanish... etc pointed-pen scripts.

 

BTW, I have no affiliation with the site. Just discovered it and got amazed in awe.

If you are to be ephemeral, leave a good scent.

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That looks like an awesome website! I've now bookmarked it. Thanks for posting the link!

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You're welcome. Besides Eleanor Winters' Calligraphy in the Copperplate Style, I have relied to a very large extent on online texts to learn about calligraphy. If I had had access to this site twenty years ago, (well, if the resources had been available as well), I would have enjoyed this hobby a lot more.

 

Besides online and printed books, the other main resource I cherish are manuscripts: master's books are designed to teach an ideal hand. Manuscripts show how real people did actually use it and provide a lesson in humility (when one sees the average -as in non-professional calligrapher- proficiency of yonder) as encouragement (when one sees that real people didn't write as perfect as shown in the book plates either).

If you are to be ephemeral, leave a good scent.

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Wow! This is really a great resource! I have bookmarked it for now but want to go back and study it in more detail.

"Today will be gone in less than 24 hours. When it is gone, it is gone. Be wise, but enjoy! - anonymous today

 

 

 

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