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SDC Books Jun2010 Updated Jan2012 Société des calligraphes de Montréal Livres - Books Livres qui appartiennent à la Société des calligraphes de Montréal. La majorité a été donnée à la Société par Mme Fred Felsky et Mme Eddie Prévost en mémoire de leurs époux. Les commentaires ont été rédigés par d’anciens membres de la Société (anglophones). Books belonging to the Société des Calligraphes de Montréal. Most were given to the Société by Mrs. Fred Fesky and Mrs. Eddie Prévost, in memory of their husbands. All comments were written by past members of the Society. Note: Vivien Lappa et Saskia Latendresse ont révisé la liste en 2010; les titres en rouge sont ceux dont la Société pourrait se départir. Les livres achetés par la Société en 2011 ont été ajoutés. Auteur / Author Titre / Title Éditeur, ville / Publisher, City Année de publication / Nombre de pages / Description Langue / Publication year Number of pages Language - Calligrapher's Handbook, New Burlington Books, London 1987 English The AARON, W.M. Italic Writing: A Concise Alec Tiranti, London 1971 110 pages A complete guide to learning Italic from materials through English Guide letterforms to cursive. Good-looking calligraphy examples throughout with some interesting letter-combination exercises. A useful alternative for learning or improving your Italic. (K. Poulsen) ALEXANDER, J.J.G. Decorated letter, The Thames & Hudson, London 1978 The Decorated Letter is a sketchy but scholarly discussion English of some of the decorated letters to be found in European manuscripts from the 4th to 15th Centuries. There are forty excellent coloured reproductions of initial letters from the Lindesfarne Gospels to Miroir de la Salvation Humaine by Jean Mielot (1448-49). This book is highly recommended to calligraphers and illuminators as source and reference book. (R. Turpin) ANDERSON, Donald M. Art of Written Forms: The Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1969 358 pages A history of writing, both calligraphy and typography, English Theory and Practice of from its early development to the 20th Century. A Calligraphy, The fascinating look at the development of alphabets throughout the world. Profusely illustrated with historical and modern examples. Highly recommended to everyone interested in the history of writing and letterforms. (K. Poulsen) ANGEL Marie Painting for Calligraphers Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York 1984 Marie Angel is a calligrapher who studied at the Croydon English School of Arts and Crafts and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, England. Her book, "Painting for Calligraphers", contains over 94 colour and 27 black and white illustrations containing Miss Angel’s methods and detailed advice on how to draw and paint on vellum as well as paper. In addition, she gives information on the design, composition and use of painting in manuscript books as heraldic achievements. Also included are several techniques for different types of colour and the techniques necessary to achieve the texture of fur, feathers, petals, etc. Included in the illustrations are works by contemporary scribes such as Sheila Waters and Thomas Ingmire. The information in this book, combined with the beautiful colour illustrations, provides inspiration for the calligrapher interested in painting. (E. Elliott) ANGEL, Marie Art of Calligraphy: A Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1977 120 pages A beautiful little book by a well-known calligrapher, it English Practical Guide, The starts with basic materials and techniques and provides detailed instructions on the Roman and Italic alphabets, including handwriting. Many projects are suggested including layout and binding of small books. There are all kinds of ideas for designs and decorations. Intended for beginners, this book could also be of interest to intermediate calligraphers. (K. Poulsen) ARIS, Rutherford Explicatio Formarum Calligraphy Connection, St. Paul, MN 1990 Litterarum: The Unfolding of Letterforms from the First Century to the Fifteenth BAKER, Arthur Calligraphic Alphabets Dover, New York 1974 English Mise à jour / last update 27-05-2010 Page 1 de / of 13 Société des calligraphes de Montréal Livres - Books Livres qui appartiennent à la Société des calligraphes de Montréal. La majorité a été donnée à la Société par Mme Fred Felsky et Mme Eddie Prévost en mémoire de leurs époux. Les commentaires ont été rédigés par d’anciens membres de la Société (anglophones). Books belonging to the Société des Calligraphes de Montréal. Most were given to the Société by Mrs. Fred Fesky and Mrs. Eddie Prévost, in memory of their husbands. All comments were written by past members of the Society. Note: Vivien Lappa et Saskia Latendresse ont révisé la liste en 2010; les titres en rouge sont ceux dont la Société pourrait se départir. Les livres achetés par la Société en 2011 ont été ajoutés. Auteur / Author Titre / Title Éditeur, ville / Publisher, City Année de publication / Nombre de pages / Description Langue / Publication year Number of pages Language BAKER, Arthur Calligraphic Art of Arthur Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1983 Introduction by William Hogarth. This book gives bold English Baker exemples of calligraphic abstraction and is one of the most "artistic" of Arthur Baker’s books. The 45 black and white plates range from playful abstractions in ink freely drawn with a brush to overlaid letterforms written with various split nibs and broad pens and the most interesting - cut-paper designs based on letter forms mounted on a black background. The notes on plates give some information to the materials used but there is virtually no description on pen angles or materials used other than "ink" or "gouache"; of interest to calligraphers. (C. Bossenberry) BAKER, Arthur Calligraphic Cut-Paper Dover, New York 1983 English Designs BAKER, Arthur Calligraphic Swash Initials Dover, New York 1983 English BAKER, Arthur Historic Calligraphic Dover, New York 1980 English Alphabets BAKER, Arthur New Calligraphic Dover, New York 1981 (2 copies) English Ornaments & Flourishes BAKER, Arthur Roman Capitals Stroke by Dover, New York 1984 Stroke BALLINGER, Raymond A. Lettering Art in Modern Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1965 English Use BAUDELAIRE, Charles Quelques Fleurs du Mal.... Éditions Alternatives (collection Grand 2007 95 pages Français (texte) /VERBEEK, Sophie Pollen) (calligraphie) BELANGER GRAFTON, Historic Alphabets & Dover, New York 1977 175 pages This is a beautiful collection of ornately decorated letters English Carol (editor) Initials: Woodcut & and alphabets, hand drawn, type-faced and engraved, Ornemental spanning 10 centuries. This book is of definite interest to BENSON, John Howard. , First Writing Book: New Haven and London Yale 1954 47 pages The Operina was presented as a printed manual as the English Arrighi’s Operina, The University Press "Method and Rule for writing the cursive or chancery." The original operina was printed from blocks of wood cut on the side grain. The resulting thin strokes are wider than those made with a pen held at a 45 degree angle. Benson has interpreted Arrighi in his own hand using the same BRIEM, editor Visible Language - Visible Language 1983 Fifty-one well-known calligraphers were asked to talk English Calligraphy Issue, Volume about what gives them most trouble or about anything XVII, Number I, Winter that interests them. These subjects include quill cutting, 1983 ampersands, breaking the rules, reverse curves, knotwork, Roman U, etc. (O.Plain) CENNINI, Cennino Il Libro del Arte - The Dover, 1960 (reprint of Yale University 1960 This book would have been a basic text for medieval English d’Andrea (translated by Craftsman’s Handbook Press, 1933; original edition, 15th artists if they could have obtained one. It uses period Daniel V. Thompson, Jr.) Century) materials and is thus an invaluable guide to moderns who would like to reproduce those methods and styles. It probably contains the most complete information Mise à jour / last update 27-05-2010 Page 2 de / of 13 Société des calligraphes de Montréal Livres - Books Livres qui appartiennent à la Société des calligraphes de Montréal. La majorité a été donnée à la Société par Mme Fred Felsky et Mme Eddie Prévost en mémoire de leurs époux. Les commentaires ont été rédigés par d’anciens membres de la Société (anglophones). Books belonging to the Société des Calligraphes de Montréal. Most were given to the Société by Mrs. Fred Fesky and Mrs. Eddie Prévost, in memory of their husbands. All comments were written by past members of the Society. Note: Vivien Lappa et Saskia Latendresse ont révisé la liste en 2010; les titres en rouge sont ceux dont la Société pourrait se départir. Les livres achetés par la Société en 2011 ont été ajoutés. Auteur / Author Titre / Title Éditeur, ville / Publisher, City Année de publication / Nombre de pages / Description Langue / Publication year Number of pages Language CHILD, Heather Calligraphy Today Taplinger, New York 1963, rev. 1976 (2 copies) The revised edition of Heather Child’s English Calligraphy Today is a fairly complete book. It provides the basic historical knowledge of calligraphy and has page upon page of examples, new and old.the basic historical knowledge of calligraphy and has page upon page of examples, new and old. Examples vary from Edward Johnston to Sheila Waters, Donald Jackson to Friedrich Neugebauer. Although in black and white, the examples are full of life. this is a must for those who enjoy looking at work done by professionals! (M. Ainley) CIRKER, Hayward & Monograms and Dover, New York 1970 English Blanche Alphabetic Devices CRAWFORD, Don Logical Lettering and Logi-Cal Art Equipment Mfg. Co., 1978 This book is devided into five sections. The first four English Layout Belmont, CA consist of helpful and nicely illustrated discussions of logic DE VINCI, Léonard (texte) / Traité de la peinture : Éditions Alternatives (collection Grand 2008 79 pages Français POLELLO, Massimo extraits Pollen) (calligraphie) DELAMOTTE, F. Signists Modern Book of Frederick Drake & Co., Chicago 1906 This book contains approximately 100 alphabets "plain English Alphabets, The and ornemental, ancient and medieval, from the 8th to 20th century," as well as numerals.
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