Thursday, January 11, 2007
Penman Scrapbooks
Why do birds feature so prominently in penmanship exercises? IAMPETH (The International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting) recently added two scrapbooks to their rare books on calligraphy and penmanship holdings. The dated examples were from around 1900. {Large images are available} [Some of the above images were cleaned up and trimmed slightly - click for enlarged versions]
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Stunning pk.
ReplyDeleteAs usual.
"Shoo! No flies allowed on my pen." (ha!)
ReplyDeletegl.
amaaaazing trace...
ReplyDeleteinsanely delightful
ReplyDeleteI never would have guessed penmanship exercises to be so lovely. I've just found your blog and would like to thank you for digging up gems like these.
ReplyDeletequill/pen
ReplyDeleteAhhh. Of course. Now I see it was a stupid question. Heh. Thanks James.