Documents and handouts that may be helpful.

Scroll Layout & Design:

Link: Scroll Layout & Design PDF

• My order of creation.
• Copyfitting: Knowing hown much space your text will take BEFORE you start.
• Examples, including the infamous Torn Scroll.

Notes from Brandywine:

Various bits of information I have found useful over the years.

Link: Notes From Brandywine PDF

• About Paints
• Pen Sharpening
• Guilding, Glassine, Pen Cleaner/Flush

Various Hands:

Samples of various hands, sometimes multiple versions, from a time before the Internet when you had to visit a library, buy a book, or know a scribe who would make samples for you.

Link: Samples

Analysis of Roman Majuscule:

An example of how to look at a new hand and understand how to do it.

Link: Roman Majuscule

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