Quills and Calligraphy Masterclass

Sat 23 Jan · 10:00 · British Library · NW1

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Writing with a quill on vellum (calfskin) is a heritage craft that has been practiced by scribes for centuries. Join world-renowned professional calligrapher and illuminator, Patricia Lovett MBE, for a day of learning how to write Gothic Black Letter from mediaeval books. This is the writing style used in the many of the British Library's manuscript collections.You’ll cut a quill from a feather of a swan’s wing, and use it to write a name in this style with the quill on a piece of vellum you have prepared yourself.

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