WCG Library
The Washington Calligraphers Guild's
collection of books, periodicals
and other media
The library is currently being relocated.
Please direct inquiries to our librarian, Lucinda Wright.
Art at right: Jodie Lide.
Below: Sheila Waters
The WCG library contains over 700 titles including books, slides, videos, CDs, DVDs, pamphlets, and journals on the following subjects:
Advertising; Alphabets; American Calligraphy; Ampersands; Asian Calligraphy; Bible Passages; Bibliography; Biography; Black Letter/Gothic; Book Arts; Brush Lettering; Business; Calendars; Calligraphy for Children; Capitals; Celtic Arts & Calligraphy; Contemporary Collections; Cookbooks; Copperplate/Roundhand; Decoration & Ornament; Design & Layout & Printing; Digital Letterforms; Drawing & Painting; Drawn Letters; Embossing; Engraving; Engrossing; Essays on Calligraphy; Etiquette; Exhibition Catalogs; Flourishing; Folk Art; Foundational; Gilding & Illuminating; Greeting Cards; Handwriting; Hebrew Calligraphy; Heraldry; History; Illuminated Manuscripts; Instruction-Advanced; Instruction-Basic; Instruction-General; Islamic Calligraphy; Italic; Left-Handed Calligraphy; Marbling; Museum & Library Collections; Numerals; Papermaking; Poetry; Reference Works; Rubber Stamps; Signs & Signmaking; Stone Carving; Typography
Instruction Books for Beginners and Intermediate Calligraphers
Waters, Sheila. Foundations of Calligraphy. Greensboro, North Carolina: John Neal, Bookseller, 2006.
Angel, Marie. The Art of Calligraphy: A Practical Guide. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977.
Benson, John Howard and Arthur Graham Carey. The Elements of Lettering. Second Edition ed. 1940; reprint, New York: McGraw Hill, 1950.
Biegeleisen, Jacob I. The ABC of Lettering. 5th ed. 1940; reprint, New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Brown, Ken. Calligraphy: Learn a More Beautiful Way with Words. Hugo, Oklahoma: Ken Brown Studio of Calligraphic Art, 1977.
Butterworth, Emma Macalik. The Complete Book of Calligraphy. New York: 1980; reprint, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1984.
The Calligrapher's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Learning Calligraphy with More Than 60 Full-Color Illustrations. 2nd ed. London: 1987; reprint, New York: Crescent Books, 1988.
Camp, Ann. Pen Lettering. 1958; reprint, Leicester: Dryad Press, 1976.
Child, Heather, ed. and Society of Scribes and Illuminators. The Calligrapher's Handbook. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1986.
E & W Show Card Practice Charts for Broad Point Lettering Pens. St.Louis, Missouri: Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company.
E & W Show Card Practice Charts for Speed Ball Pens. St.Louis, Missouri: Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company.
Eager, Fred. The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting: Cursive and Italic. Collier Books, 1976.
Fairbank, Alfred. The Dryad Writing Cards. Leicester, England: Dryad Press, 1979.
Goines, David. An Introduction to the Elements of Calligraphy. 3rd ed. 1968; reprint, Berkeley, California: Saint Heironymous Press, 1975.
Gourdie, Tom. Basic Calligraphic Hands. 1984; reprint, New York: Taplinger, 1986.
Gourdie, Tom. Calligraphic Styles. New York: Taplinger, 1979.
Gourdie, Tom. Calligraphy for the Beginner. New York: Taplinger, 1979.
Gourdie, Tom. The Puffin Book of Lettering. Harmandsworth, England: Penguin, 1975?
Haines, Susanne. The Calligrapher's Project Book. London: 1987; reprint, London: HarperCollins, 1993.
Harris, David. The Art of Calligraphy (A Practical Guide to the Skills and Techniques). Toronto: Macmillan, 1995.
Hewitt, Graily. Lettering. 1930; reprint, New York: Pentalic, 1976.
Hoare, Diana. Advanced Calligraphy Techniques: Ideas in Action. 1989; reprint, Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1989.
Hoefer, Karlgeorg. Kalligraphie: Gestaltete Handschrift (Calligraphy: Creative Handwriting) Dusseldorf: Econ Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986.
Jeffares, Katherine. Calligraphy: The Art of Beautiful Handwriting. North Hollywood, California: Melvin Powers, Wilshire Book Company, 1978.
Johnston, Edward and Heather Child, ed. Formal Penmanship and Other Papers. 1971; reprint, New York: Pentalic, 1977.
Johnston, Edward and A.E.R. Gill, illustrator. Manuscript & Inscription Letters: For Schools and Classes and for the Use of Craftsmen . 1911; reprint, New York: Pentalic.
Kuiseko, Ryokushu. Brush Writing: Calligraphy Techniques for Beginners. 1st ed. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1988.
Lancaster, John. Basic Penmanship. North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, Inc., 1988.
Lancaster, John. Calligraphy Techniques. North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, Inc., 1986.
Lindegren, Erik. An ABC-Book. New York: Pentalic, 1976.
MacDonald, Byron J. Calligraphy: The Art of Lettering with the Broad Pen. New York: Pentalic, 1966.
Nash, John R. and Gerald Fleuss. Practical Calligraphy. New York: 1992; reprint, London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1992.
Nerdinger, Eugen and Lisa Beck. Schriftschreiben-Schriftzeichnen. Munich: Verlag Georg D.W. Callwey, 1977.
Neugebauer, Friedrich. The Mystic Art of Written Forms: An Illustrated Handbook for Lettering. Salzburg: Neugebauer Press, 1980.
Newhall, Arthur. Calligraphy & Lettering Design. Tustin, California: Walter Foster Publishing, Inc., 1989.
Pearce, Charles. The Anatomy of Letters: A Guide to the Art of Calligraphy. New York: Taplinger, 1987.
Pearce, Charles. The Little Manual of Calligraphy. New York: Taplinger, 1981.
Sassoon, Rosemary. The Practical Guide to Calligraphy. London: Thames and Hudson, 1982.
Sassoon, Rosemary. The Practical Guide to Lettering & Applied Calligraphy. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1985.
Shaw, Paul. Letterforms: An Introductory Manual of Calligraphy, Lettering & Type. New York: Paul Shaw, 1986.
Shaw, Robert. Practical Lettering: A Self Instructive Guide for Beginners and Professionals in the Commercial and Applied Arts . New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1955.
Shepherd, Margaret. Calligraphy Made Easy: A Beginner's Workbook. Wideview Books, 1981.
Shepherd, Margaret. Calligraphy Now: New Light on Traditional Letters. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984.
Shepherd, Margaret. Modern Calligraphy Made Easy: A New Script for Streamlined Lettering. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988.
Shepherd, Margaret. Using Calligraphy: A Workbook of Alphabets, Projects, and Techniques. New York: Collier Books, 1981.
Sloan, Fran (Strom). Pen Calligraphy Manual: Basic Calligraphy. Beaverton, Oregon: AHA Calligraphy, 1998.
Sloan, Fran (Strom). Pointed Brush Writing Manual. 2nd ed. ed. Portland, Oregon: AHA Calligraphy, 1992.
Svaren, Jacqueline. Written Letters: 33 Alphabets for Calligraphers. 1975; reprint, New York: Taplinger, 1986.
Thomson, George L. Better Handwriting. Penguin Books ed. Middlesex, England, 1954.
Thomson, George L. The Calligraphy Work Book: How to Master Broad Pen Scripts. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1990.
Thomson, George L. The New Better Handwriting. Edinburgh: New York: Pentalic, 1977.
Waters, Sheila. Foundations of Calligraphy. Greensboro, North Carolina: John Neal, Bookseller, 2006.
Wong, Frederick. The Complete Calligrapher. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1980.
Zapf, Hermann. Creative Calligraphy: Instructions & Alphabets. Germany: Rotring, 1985.
Alphabets
Baker, Arthur. Arthur Baker's Historic Calligraphic Alphabets. New York: Dover, 1980.
Baker, Arthur. Calligraphic Alphabets. New York: Dover, 1974.
Baker, Arthur. Calligraphy. New York: Dover, 1973.
Baker, Arthur. The Roman Alphabet. lst ed. New York: Art Direction Book Company, 1976.
Briem, Gunnlaugur S. E., editor. Sixty Alphabets. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1986.
Cary, Melbert B. Jr. Modern Alphabets. 2nd ed ed. New York: Bridgman, 1936.
Catich, Edward M. Reed, Pen & Brush Alphabets for Writing and Lettering. First ed. Davenport, Iowa: Catfish Press, St. Ambrose College, 1972.
Fairbank, Alfred. A Book of Scripts. Revised & enlarged ed. 1949; reprint, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1968.
Firmage, Richard A. The Alphabet Abecedarium: Some Notes on Letters. Boston: David R. Godine, 1993.
De Goede, Julius. De Mooiste Kalligrafische Alfabetten. Utrecht/Antwerpen: Uitgeverij Kosmos, 1988.
Goudy, Frederic W. The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering. 1919; reprint, New York: Dover, 1963.
Grafton, Carol Belanger. Historic Alphabets & Initials: Woodcut and Ornamental. New York: Dover, 1977.
Haab, Armin and Walter Haettenschweiler. Lettera 2: A Standard Book of Fine Lettering. Switzerland: Arthur Niggli Ltd, 1961.
Haab, Armin. Lettera 3: A Standard Book of Fine Lettering. Switzerland: Arthur Niggli Ltd, 1968.
Hornung, Clarence P. From A to Z Lettering. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1946; reprint, New York: William Penn Publishing, 1954.
Koch, Rudolph, Fritz (memoir) Kredel and Warren (preface) Chappell. The Little ABC Book of Rudolph Koch. Boston: David R. Godine, 1976.
Larcher, Jean. Calligraphies: Approches. Paris: Editions Quintette, 1984.
Larcher, Jean. Modernisierie Quadraia Mit Jean Larcher. Frankfurt, Germany: Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor Offenbach, 1997.
Lehner, Ernst. Alphabets and Ornaments. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1952.
McMurtrie, Douglas C. Alphabets. New York: Bridgman, 1926.
Menten, Theodore. The Illuminated Alphabet: A Coloring Book. New York: Dover, 1971.
Midolle, J and Silvestre; et al. Florid and Unusual Alphabets. New York: Dover, 1976.
Nesbitt, Alexander, ed. Decorative Alphabets and Initials. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1959.
Newhall, Arthur. Calligraphy & Lettering Design. Tustin, California: Walter Foster Publishing, Inc., 1989.
Robertson, Bruce. Designing with Letters: Imaginative Alphabets and Creative Ways to Use Them. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1989.
Russell, Pat. Decorative Alphabets Throughout the Ages. London: Bracken Books, 1988.
Solo, Dan X. Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets. New York: Dover, 1977.
Stribley, Miriam. The Calligraphy Source Book: The Essential Reference for All Calligraphers. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1986.
Wotzkow, Helm. The Art of Hand Lettering: Its Master & Practice. 1952; reprint, New York: Dover, 1967.
Wright, Harry B. Lettering (in a Variety of Alphabets). 1950; reprint, New York: Pitman Publishing, 1962.
The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing . Limited ed. Columbus, Ohio: Zaner-Bloser, Inc., 1981.
Zapf, Hermann. About Alphabets: Some Marginal Notes on Type Design. 1960; reprint, Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press, 1970.
Zapf, Hermann. Creative Calligraphy: Instructions & Alphabets. Germany: Rotring, 1985.
Zapf, Hermann. Feder Und Stichel: Alphabete Und Schriftblatter in Zeitgemasser Darstellung. Limited ed. Frankfurt, Germany: , 1952.
Zapf, Hermann and Julian Waters, introduction. From the Hand of Hermann Zapf: A Collection of Calligraphy, Alphabet Design and Book Typography. Limited special ed. Washington: Washington Calligraphers Guild, 1993.
Brush Lettering
Catich, Edward M. Reed, Pen & Brush Alphabets for Writing and Lettering. First ed. Davenport, Iowa: Catfish Press, St. Ambrose College, 1972.
Catich, Edward M. and Mary W. Gilroy, ed. The Origin of the Serif; Brush Writing & Roman Letters. 2nd ed. 1968; reprint, Davenport, Iowa: Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, 1991.
Douglass, Ralph. Calligraphic Lettering with Wide Pen & Brush. 3rd ed. 1949; reprint, New York: Watson-Guptill, 1967.
Emery, Richard. The Creative Stroke: Communicating with Brush and Pen in Graphic Design. Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1992.
Kuiseko, Ryokushu. Brush Writing: Calligraphy Techniques for Beginners. 1st ed. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1988.
Long, Jean. The Art of Chinese Calligraphy. Dorset, U.K.: Blandford Press, 1987.
Long, Jean. Chinese Ink Painting: Techniques in Shades of Black. Dorset, U.K.: Blandford Press, 1984.
Momiyama, Nanae. Sumi-E: An Introduction to Ink Painting. 1967; reprint, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1980.
Reaves, Marilyn and Eliza Schulte. Brush Lettering: An Instructional Manual in Western Brush Calligraphy. New York: Design Books, 1994.
Reed, William. Shodo: The Art of Coordinating Mind, Body and Brush. Tokyo: Japan Publications, Inc., 1989.
Sloan, Fran (Strom). Pointed Brush Writing Manual. 2nd ed. ed. Portland, Oregon: AHA Calligraphy, 1992.
Strom, Fran. Flat Brush Writing Manual (Companion Guide for Flat Brush Writing Video). 1st ed. Portland, OR: AHA Calligraphy, 1993.
Asian Calligraphy
Adachi, Fumie. Japanese Design Motifs: 4260 Illustrations of Heraldic Crests. Japan: Matsuya Piece-Goods Store, 1913; reprint, New York: Dover, 1972.
Addiss, Stephen. The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks, 1600-1925. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989.
Aria, Barbara and Russell Eng Gon, calligrapher. The Nature of the Chinese Character. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001.
Björkstén, Johan. Learn to Write Chinese Characters. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.
Earnshaw, C. J. Sho: Japanese Calligraphy. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1988.
Fazzioli, Edoardo and Rebecca Hon Ko, calligrapher. Chinese Calligraphy - From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/Japanese Characters. 1st American ed. 1986; reprint, New York: Abbeville Publishing Group, 1987.
Fu, Shen C. Y. and Marilyn W. Fu. Traces of the Brush: Studies in Chinese Calligraphy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1977.
Fu, Shen, Glenn D. Lowry and Ann Yonemura. From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy [Exhibition Catalog, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., July 29 - November 16, 1986]. Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1986.
Hongyuan, Wang. The Origins of Chinese Characters. Beijing, China: Sinolingya Beijing, 1993.
Long, Jean. The Art of Chinese Calligraphy. Dorset, U.K.: Blandford Press, 1987.
Long, Jean. Chinese Ink Painting: Techniques in Shades of Black. Dorset, U.K.: Blandford Press, 1984.
Nakata, Yujiro and Alan Woodhull, translator. The Art of Japanese Calligraphy. 1st ed. New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1973.
Reed, William. Shodo: The Art of Coordinating Mind, Body and Brush. Tokyo: Japan Publications, Inc., 1989.
Sato, Christine Flint and Seika Kawabe, calligrapher. Japanese Calligraphy: The Art of Line & Space. 1st ed. Osaka, Japan: Mitsuru Sakui, Kaifusha Co. Ltd., 1999.
Self, James and Nobuko Hirose. Japanese Art Signatures: A Handbook and Practical Guide. 1987; reprint, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1988.
Sogen, Omori, Terayama Katsujo and John Stevens, translator. Zen and the Art of Calligraphy: The Essence of Sho. Routledge & Kegan Publishers, 1983; reprint, London: Arkana, 1990.
Uyehara, Cecil H. Japanese Calligraphy: A Bibliographic Study. New York: University Press of America, 1991.
Wang, H.Y. The Origins of Chinese Characters. 1st ed. Beijing, China: Sinolingua, 1993.
Yee, Chiang. Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique. 1938; reprint, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
Middle Eastern Calligraphy
Atil, Esin and Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art. Süleymanname: The Illustrated History of Süleymanname the Magnificent. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986.
Derman, M. Ugur and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy From the Sakip Sabanci Collection, Istanbul (Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 11 - December 13, 1998). 1st ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
Fu, Shen, Glenn D. Lowry and Ann Yonemura. From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy [Exhibition Catalog, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., July 29 - November 16, 1986]. Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1986.
Khan, Gabriel Mandel. Arabic Script: Styles, Variants, and Calligraphic Adaptations. 1st ed. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2001.
Khan, Gabriel Mandel and Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia, translator. Arabic Script: Styles, Variants, and Calligraphic Adaptations. 1st ed. New York: Abbeville Press, 2001.
Oldengurg, Peter, designer. and Maurice S. Dimand, commentary. Engagement Calendar for 1969: Illustrations From a Manuscript Copy of The Khamsa of Nizami (1524-25). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 196.
Safadi, Yasin Hamid. Islamic Calligraphy. Thames and Hudson, 1978; reprint, Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala, 1979.
Schimmel, Annemarie. Calligraphy and Islamic Culture. New York: New York University Press, 1984.
Welch, Anthony. Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World: Catalog of an Exhibition Shown in Asia House Gallery, Winter 1979. Austin, Tx: University of Texas Press and The Asia Society, New York, 1979.
Welch, Stuart Cary. Persian Painting: Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century. New York: George Braziller, 1976.
Zakariya, Mohamed U. Observations on Islamic Calligraphy (In Conjunction with an Exhibit At the Library of Congress, May 15 - July 15, 1978) (Pamphlet) , 1978.
Zakariya, Mohamed U. and Kamal Boullata, introduction. The Calligraphy of Islam: Reflections on the State of the Art. Washington, D.C.: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1979.
Hebrew Calligraphy
Brandshaft, Helen, and David Pankow, eds. and Ismar David. The Work of Ismar David. 1st ed. Rochester, New York: The RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2005.
Central Conference of American Rabbis and Leonard Baskin, illustrator. A Passover Haggadah. 1974; reprint, New York: Penguin Books, 1978.
David, Ismar. The Hebrew Letter: Calligraphic Variations. 1st ed. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1990.
Greenspan, Jay Seth. Hebrew Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Guide. New York: Schocken Books, 1981.
Gutmann, Joseph. Hebrew Manuscript Painting. New York: George Braziller, 1978.
Heller, Ruth and Helen Ducoff. The Hebrew Alphabet: 22 Letter and Numbers to Color [Ruth Heller's Designs for Coloring]. 1975; reprint, Grosset & Dunlap, 1991.
Jonas, Gina. Hebrew Calligraphy Styles. Limited ed. n.p., n.d.
Shahn, Ben. The Alphabet of Creation: An Ancient Legend From the Zohar. 1954; reprint, New York: Schocken Books, 1972.
Spitzer, Moshe. The Development of Hebrew Lettering. Jerusalem: Cultural and Scientific Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1974.
Toby, L. F. The Art of Hebrew Lettering. 1973; reprint, Tel Aviv: Cosmopolite, 1979.
Handwriting & Penmanship
Ames, Daniel T. Ames' Compendium of Practical and Ornamental Penmanship. New York: Daniel T. Ames, 1883?
Barchowsky, Nan Jay. BFH [Better Fluent Handwriting]: A Manual for Fluent Handwriting (with CD-ROM). Aberdeen, Maryland: Swansbury, Inc., 1997.
Barry, Patrick and Sir Sydney Cockerell, introduction. Handwriting Sheets. London: James Barrie, 1954.
Blunt, Wilfrid and Will Carter. Italic Handwriting: Some Examples of Everyday Cursive Hands. London: Newman Neame Ltd., 1954.
Bulletin of the Society for Italic Handwriting (New Series). London: Society for Italic Handwriting, 1982-1988.
Dumpleton, John Le F. The Art of Handwriting: An Introduction to the Italic Hand. 1954; reprint, London: British Pens Ltd., 1964.
Fairbank, Alfred. The Dryad Writing Cards. Leicester, England: Dryad Press, 1979.
Fairbank, Alfred. A Handwriting Manual. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1975.
Fairbank, Alfred and Charlotte Stone. Beacon Writing (Books 1-5 and Teachers' Book). First ed. London: Ginn and Co., Ltd., 1957-1958.
Farmer, Beva. Italic Handwriting: A Manual of Instruction. Carmel, California: All Saints' Day School, 1973.
Getty, Barbara and Inga Dubay. Write Now: A Complete Self-Teaching Program for Better Handwriting. Portland, Oregon: Continuing Education Press, Portland State University, 1991.
Gourdie, Tom. Handwriting Made Easy: A Simple Modern Approach. New York: Taplinger, 1981.
Italic Vs. Palmer: An Evaluation of Handwriting, Kings Park Elementary Schools. , 1978.
Italimuse Italic News (Assorted Issues). New York: Italimuse, Inc., 1969-1973.
Johnston, Edward and Heather Child, ed. Formal Penmanship and Other Papers. New York: Pentalic, 1977.
The Journal of the Society for Italic Handwriting (Previously Called the Bulletin of the Society for Italic Handwriting) . London: Society for Italic Handwriting, 1962-1993.
Lancaster, John. Basic Penmanship. North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, Inc., 1988.
Nichol, Barbara. Handwriting for Beginners. New York: Taplinger, 1984.
Peabody Institute Library and P.W. Filby. Calligraphy & Handwriting in America 1710-1962 (Assembled and Shown by the Peabody Institute Library, Baltimore, Maryland November, 1961 - January, 1962. Caledonia, New York: Italimuse, 1963.
Sassoon, Rosemary. Handwriting: A New Perspective. Cheltenham, England: Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1990.
Sassoon, Rosemary. Handwriting: The Way to Teach It. Cheltenham, England: Stanley Thornes, Ltd., 1990.
Tari, John C. Good Handwriting & How to Acquire It. London: Phoenix House, 1954.
Thompson, Tommy. The Script Letter: Its Form, Construction and Application. 1939; reprint, New York: Dover, 1965.
Thomson, George L. Better Handwriting. Penguin Books ed. Middlesex, England, 1954.
Thomson, George L. The New Better Handwriting. Edinburgh: New York: Pentalic, 1977.
West, Aubrey. Written by Hand. London: Allen and Unwin, 1951.
Whalley, Joyce Irene. English Handwriting 1540-1853. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1969.
Wood, Percy. Italic Handwriting for Schools (2 Vols.). London: E.J.Arnold & Son Ltd., n.d.
Worthy, W. The Renaissance Italic Handwriting Books (Books 1-4 and Teacher's Book). London: Chatto & Windus, 1954.
Illuminated Manuscripts
Alexander, J.J.G. The Decorated Letter. New York: George Braziller, 1978.
Alexander, J.J.G. Italian Renaissance Illuminations. New York: George Braziller, 1977.
Alexander, J.J.G. The Master of Mary of Burgundy: A Book of Hours. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1970.
Atil, Esin and Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art. Süleymanname: The Illustrated History of Süleymanname the Magnificent. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986.
Avril, Francois. Manuscript Painting At the Court of France: 14th Century. New York: George Braziller, 1978.
Backhouse, Janet. The Illuminated Manuscript. Oxford, Great Britain: Phaidon Press Limited, 1979.
Backhouse, Janet. The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Backhouse, Janet. The Lindisfarne Gospels. Oxford, England: Phaidon Press Limited, 1981; reprint, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1981.
Backhouse, Janet. The Luttrell Psalter. London: The British Library, 1989; reprint, New York: New Amsterdam Books, 1990.
Belser Incorporated. Catalog of Facsimile Editions of the Vatican Library. Yorktown Heights, NY: Belser Incorporated, 1988.
Bise, Gabriel. Medieval Hunting Scenes: Illuminated Manuscripts. Geneva: Productions Liber (Miller Graphics), 1978.
Bocskay, Georg, Joris Hoefnagel, Lee Hendrix, ed. and Thea Vignau-Wilberg, ed. Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A 16th-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay & Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel. Facsimile ed. Malibu, California: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992.
Bologna, Giulia. Illuminated Manuscripts: The Book Before Gutenberg. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988.
The Book of Kells (Reproductions From the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin): With a Study of the Manuscript by Francoise Henry . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
The Book of Kells: Reproductions From the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin . 1st American ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Brown, Michelle P. A Guide to Western Historical Scripts From Antiquity to 1600. London: The British Library, 1990; reprint, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990.
Brown, Michelle P. and Patricia Lovett. The Historical Source Book for Scribes. London: British Library, 1999; reprint, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Calkins, Robert G. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. 1983; reprint, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1986.
Central Conference of American Rabbis and Leonard Baskin, illustrator. A Passover Haggadah. 1974; reprint, New York: Penguin Books, 1978.
Cirker, Blanche. The Book of Kells: Selected Plates in Full Color. New York: Dover, 1982.
Civen, Janice Davis. Illuminations: A Ro-Mlen Alphabet. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1984.
Davies, Martin. The Gutenberg Bible. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks & The British Library, 1996.
Defoer, Henri, ed., James H. Marrow, introduction by. and Pierpont Morgan Library. The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting. First ed. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1990.
Derman, M. Ugur and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy From the Sakip Sabanci Collection, Istanbul (Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 11 - December 13, 1998). 1st ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
Drogin, Marc and Paul Freedman, foreword. Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique. Montclair, New Jersey: Allanheld & Schram, 1980; reprint, New York: Dover, 1989.
Dummett, Michael and William M. Voelkle. Tarot Triumphant (Reprinted From FMR, No.8). Lansing, Michigan: Franco Maria Ricci.
Gullick, Michael. Calligraphy. London: Studio Editions Ltd., 1990.
Gutmann, Joseph. Hebrew Manuscript Painting. New York: George Braziller, 1978.
Harthan, John. The Book of Hours. 1977; reprint, New York: Park Lane Books, 1982.
Hendrix, Lee and Thea Vignau-Wilberg. An Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets From the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997.
Hendrix, Lee and Thea Vignau-Wilberg. Nature Illuminated: Flora and Fauna From the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997.
Italian Manuscript Painting 1300-1550 (An Exhibit At the Pierpont Morgan Library, December 7, 1984 - February 17, 1985) . New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984.
Jarman, Christopher. Illumination for Modern Calligraphers: Practical Ideas From Nineteenth-Century Handbooks. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1988.
Jonsdottir, Selma. Illumination in a Manuscript of Stjorn. Reykjavik: Almenna, 1971.
Knuth, Donald E. 3:16 -- Bible Texts Illuminated. Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 1991.
Kren, Thomas, ed. and D. H. Turner, intro. Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures From the British Library. New York: Hudson Hills Press & J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983.
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, ed. The Göttingen Model Book: A Facsimile Edition and Translation of a 15th Century Illuminators' Manual. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1978.
Lovett, Patricia. Calligraphy & Illumination: A History and Practical Guide. London: The British Library, 2000; reprint, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000.
Lynskey, Marie. Illumination for Calligraphers. Wellingborough, England: Thorsons Publishers, 1990.
Meiss, Millard and Edith W. Kirsch. The Visconti Hours: National Library, Florence. New York: George Braziller, 1972.
Musée Condé, Chantilly, France. and Victoria Benedict, translator. The Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry: Reproduced From the Illuminated Manuscript. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1969.
Mütherich, Florentine and Joachim E. Gaehde. Carolingian Painting. New York: George Braziller, 1976.
Noad, Timothy and Patricia Seligman. The Illuminated Alphabet. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 2001.
Nordenfalk, Carl. Celtic and Anglo Saxon Painting: Book Illumination in the British Isles 600-800. New York: George Braziller, 1977.
Ola, Per and Emily D'Aulaire. Inscribing the Word [Article About Donald Jackson and Creation of the New Saint John's Bible in Smithsonian, December 2000, Pp.79-88]. Washington, DC: Smithsonian, December 2000.
Oldengurg, Peter, designer. and Maurice S. Dimand, commentary. Engagement Calendar for 1969: Illustrations From a Manuscript Copy of The Khamsa of Nizami (1524-25). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 196.
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