Chapter III: Introduction: 5

CHAPTER I

THE INFLUENCE OF THE TOOL

Writing the Foundation of Illumination--Early
Influences--Babylonian Characters--Egyptian
Hieroglyphics--The reed and quill Pen--The use
of Vellum 23

CHAPTER II

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING IN THE PAST

Majuscule Writing--Square Capitals--Rustic
Capitals--Uncials--Mixed Uncial and Minuscule
Writing--Half-Uncials--Irish Half-Uncials--
English Half-Uncials--Minuscule Writing--
Lombardic Writing--Visigothic Writing--
Merovingian Writing--Carlovingian Writing--Later
Styles 32

CHAPTER III

THE PREPARATION AND USE OF THE PEN

Cutting the Pen--Simple Exercises 42

CHAPTER IV

THE FORMATION OF LETTERS

Letters formed with simple Pen-strokes--Method in
working--How the various Letters are formed 48

CHAPTER V

FORMING WORDS AND SENTENCES

Writing a short Quotation--Spacing Letters--
Italics--Pen-formed Figures 54

CHAPTER VI

ALPHABETS FOR STUDY, BASED ON HISTORICAL EXAMPLES

Uncial Letters--Half-Uncials--Writing, from the
Tenth to the Fifteenth Century 60

CHAPTER VII

ROMAN LETTERING

Building up Letters with Pen-strokes--Roman
Letters made with simple direct Pen-strokes--The
Construction of Roman Capitals 70

CHAPTER VIII

SOME HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF ROMAN LETTERING

The Alphabet of the Trajan Column--Various
Alphabets from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth
Century 76

CHAPTER IX

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION

1. _From the Fourth to the Eleventh Century_

Classical and Byzantine Illumination--Celtic and
Anglo-Celtic--Carlovingian--The Winchester
School 84

CHAPTER X

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ILLUMINATION

2. _From the Twelfth Century to the Decline_

Illumination in the Twelfth Century--Thirteenth
Century--Fourteenth Century--Fifteenth Century
and later 93

CHAPTER XI

THE INITIAL LETTER

How the Decoration springs from the Initial letter--
Examples from the Seventh to the Fifteenth
Century 101

CHAPTER XII

SIMPLE ILLUMINATION IN BLACK AND RED

Method of setting out a Page--Arranging the
Lettering--Initial letters, and how to construct
them--Various arrangements of Lettering 107

CHAPTER XIII

THE COLOURS USED BY THE MEDIÆVAL ILLUMINATOR

Early treatises--Theophilus--The Book of the Art
of Cennino Cennini 115

CHAPTER XIV

COLOURS: THEIR COMPOSITION AND PERMANENCE

The importance of a knowledge of the different
Colours employed--Yellow Pigments--Red
Pigments--Blue Pigments--Green Pigments--Brown
Pigments--Black Pigments--White Pigments 123

CHAPTER XV

COLOURS: THEIR PREPARATION AND USE

Various forms in which Colours are prepared--Mixing
Colours--A method of keeping body colours in a
convenient form--Preparing a set of Colours for
Illuminating 131

CHAPTER XVI

THE GILDING METHODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES

Early gilding methods--Powder gold--The early use
of gold-leaf--Raised gilding 138

CHAPTER XVII

THE USE OF GOLD

Shell-gold--The use of gold-leaf--How to handle
gold-leaf 146

CHAPTER XVIII

ILLUMINATION WITH GOLD AND COLOURS

Vellum for Illuminating--Hand-made paper--
Brushes--Colour-work 152

CHAPTER XIX

THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUMINATION

The development of decoration--Present-day uses of
Illumination--Possible developments 161

CHAPTER XX

THE ILLUMINATED ADDRESS

The Framed Address--The Vellum Scroll--The
Book-form 171

CHAPTER XXI

THE VARIOUS METHODS OF REPRODUCTION

Line Blocks--Half-tones--The Three-colour
Process--Lithography 178

CHAPTER XXII

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Bronze gilding--Setting out to design--
Suggestions--Hand-written Cards--Invitation
Cards 185

CHAPTER XXIII

LETTERING FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES

Various things requiring Lettering--Lettering for
Maps, Plans, etc.--Lettering for Poster-work--
Arrangement of letters--Designing a Magazine
Cover 192

CHAPTER XXIV

HAND-WRITTEN POSTERS, ETC.

A quick method of writing a Poster--The reed pen
and the brush--Window Tickets--Showcards 203

CHAPTER XXV

THE ILLUMINATED MS. BOOK

The Arrangement of Pages--Planning out--The
Colophon--The Primary Object of the Book--The
Decoration 216

CHAPTER XXVI

A SIMPLE METHOD OF BINDING MSS.

Binding in limp Vellum--Sewing the sections--The
Decoration of the Cover 225

CHAPTER XXVII

THE ILLUMINATION OF THE PRINTED BOOK

The Combination of Printing and Illumination--
Books suitable for Illumination--The Style of
Decoration suited to this 232

CHAPTER XXVIII

PRINTED BOOK DECORATION

The Title-page--The Initial Letter--Types to
avoid--Tail-pieces, etc. 238

CHAPTER XXIX

CONCLUDING REMARKS 248