Chapter I: Front Matter

Acquiring a Formal Hand: Tools, &c. — The Desk — Paper &
Ink — Pens: _The Reed_: _The Quill_ — Of Quills generally —
Pen-knife, Cutting-slab, &c. 48

CHAPTER III ACQUIRING A FORMAL HAND: (2) METHODS
Position of the Desk — The Writing Level — Use of the Pen —
Holding the Pen — Filling the Pen, &c. 61

CHAPTER IV ACQUIRING A FORMAL HAND: (3) MODELS
Models — Notes on Construction: Script I. — Coupling the
Letters — Spacing: Letters, Words, & Lines — Uncial Capitals:
Script II. — Numerals & Punctuation Marks — Of _Copying_ MSS.
Generally 70

CHAPTER V ACQUIRING A FORMAL HAND: (4) PRACTICE
Practice — Scripts I. & II. — Arranging & Ruling a Single
Sheet — Problem I. (a Sheet of Prose) — Problem II. (a Sheet
of Poetry) — Spacing & Planning Manuscript 85

CHAPTER VI MANUSCRIPT BOOKS
MS. Books: Tools & Materials — Methods & Proportions — The
Size & Shape of the Book — The Widths of the Margins — The
Size of the Writing, &c. — Ruling — MS. Books: General
Remarks 98

CHAPTER VII VERSAL LETTERS & COLOURED CAPITALS
Development of Versals — General Analysis of Versals —
Notes on Construction of Versals — Spacing & Arrangement of
Versals 112

CHAPTER VIII BLACK & RED
Rubricating — Initial Pages or Title Pages — Prefaces &
Notes in Colour — Pages with Coloured Headings — Page or
Column Heading & Initial — Versals in Column or Marginal
Bands — Stanzas or Verses marked by Versals — Music with Red
Staves — Tail-Pieces, Colophons, &c. — Rubricating: General
Remarks 127

CHAPTER IX LAYING & BURNISHING GOLD
Tools & Materials — Laying the Ground — Laying the Gold-Leaf
— Burnishing the Gold — Remedying Faults in Gilding — Gold
Writing — Other Methods & Recipes for Gilding — Appendix on
Gilding (by _Graily Hewitt_) 145

CHAPTER X THE USE OF GOLD & COLOURS IN INITIAL LETTERS &
SIMPLE ILLUMINATION
Tools & Materials for Simple Illumination — Parchment,
“Vellum,” & Pounce — Colours — Simple Colour Effects — Matt
Gold — Burnished Gold — Burnished Gold Forms, & Outlines —
Background Capitals — Applying the Background — Ornament of
Backgrounds 172

CHAPTER XI A THEORY OF ILLUMINATION
Illumination — “Barbaric, or Colour-Work, Illumination” —
“Filigree, or Pen-Work, Illumination” — “Natural, or Limner’s,
Illumination” 193

CHAPTER XII THE DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUMINATION
The Development of Illumination — Line-Finishings — Initial
Letters — Borders & Backgrounds 204

CHAPTER XIII “DESIGN” IN ILLUMINATION
“Design” — Elementary Patterns in Decoration — Scale & Scope
of Decoration — Of “Designing” Manuscripts, Generally 214

PART II LETTERING

CHAPTER XIV GOOD LETTERING — SOME METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION &
ARRANGEMENT
Good Models — The Qualities of Good Lettering — Simplicity
— Distinctiveness — Proportion — Beauty of Form — Beauty of
Uniformity — Right Arrangement — Setting Out & Fitting In —
“Massed Writing” & “Fine Writing” — Even Spacing — Theory &
Practice 237

CHAPTER XV THE ROMAN ALPHABET & ITS DERIVATIVES
The Roman Alphabet — Proportions of Letters: Widths — Upper &
Lower Parts — Essential or Structural Forms — Characterisation
of Forms — Built-Up Forms — Simple-Written Capitals — Uncials
— Capitals & Small-Letters — Early, Round, Upright, Formal
Hands — Slanted-Pen Small-Letters — Roman Small-Letters —
Italics — Semi-Formal Hands — Of Formal Writing Generally —
Decorative Contrasts — Ornamental Letters 268

APPENDIX A

CHAPTER XVI SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Divers Uses of Lettering — MS. Books, &c. — Binding MSS (_with
Note by Douglas Cockerell_) — Broadsides, Wall Inscriptions,
&c. — Illuminated Addresses, &c. — Monograms & Devices — Title
Pages — Lettering for Reproduction — Printing — Inscriptions
on Metal, Stone, Wood, &c. — Of Inscriptions Generally —
Bibliography, &c. 337

APPENDIX B

CHAPTER XVII INSCRIPTIONS IN STONE (_By A. E. R. Gill_)
Treatment & Arrangement — The Three Alphabets — Size & Spacing
— The Material — Setting Out — Tools — A Right Use of the
Chisel — Incised Letters & Letters in Relief — The Sections of
Letters — Working _in situ_ 389

‹Notes on the Collotype Plates› 407

‹The Collotype Plates› 431

‹Index› 489

PART I WRITING & ILLUMINATING

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