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Medio stat virtus -- Virtue lies inbetween
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Practicing my handwriting. You can tell im out of practice, took me a few tries to remember how to do the capital M. I think i need to do aome practice on thr capitals, particularly M, W, B, and D
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I don't know what's going on with the vintage pen nib community, but five years ago or so you had to pay a good £45 to get a sealed box of Gilbert & Blanzy Poure Departementale Cementee nibs on ebay, and now they're going for like £25 (plus shipping).
Pointed-pen calligraphers, take note!
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Do you orefer the half-r style (left) or full-r style (right)?
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In honour of Amanda Gorman's poetry, here are the last two lines of her inaugural poem, which so moved me on 20 January 2021 that I copied them into calligraphy.
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Lay, you Snakes
At the feet ofINDUSTRIA
Writhe.
She wants you to writhe.Give her to smelt
The spring in your step
The light in your eyes
Your fingers' nimbleness
Your sighs.#poetry #poetsofmastodon #ageofdiscovery #copperplate #albertusseba
Image: Pierre Tanje (1706-1761), after a design by Louis Fabricius Dubourg (1693-1775), Industria. Frontispiece in volume one of Albertus Seba (1665-1736), Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio.
From https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2011/04/seba.html
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Lay, you Snakes
At the feet ofINDUSTRIA
Writhe.
She wants you to writhe.Give her to smelt
The spring in your step
The light in your eyes
Your fingers' nimbleness
Your sighs.#poetry #poetsofmastodon #ageofdiscovery #copperplate #albertusseba
Image: Pierre Tanje (1706-1761), after a design by Louis Fabricius Dubourg (1693-1775), Industria. Frontispiece in volume one of Albertus Seba (1665-1736), Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio.
From https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2011/04/seba.html
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Illustrated prints, made with a #copperplate or a #woodblock, on paper were often good-selling 'popular' products of the early modern printing industries. Some of these prints were serials, some were hand-colored after printing, and children came often into contact with them. Here, these prints are lying on the floor waiting for attention. #BookHistory: tidy up.
10/11
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Oh brave new interface, that has such people in it!
I'm a professor of #Philosophy and #Classics at #umich, specializing in Greek and Roman philosophy, esp. the philosophy of mind (#intentionality, #consciousness, #MindBody, #perception). I have published mostly on #Aristotle and the #Stoics, but have interests from #Parmenides and #Gorgias through #Augustine.
I love #BaroqueOpera, #KingCrimson, #Calligraphy (broad edge and #Copperplate), and the game of #Go.
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A double toot, #elephants from “Nova de li Animali piu curiosi de Mundo” (Rome, 1650). A favorite volume in our #specialcollections and the plate I was looking for yesterday when I found the grumpy porcupine
#art #rarebooks #antiquarianbook #copperplate #libraries #toots
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A double toot, #elephants from “Nova de li Animali piu curiosi de Mundo” (Rome, 1650). A favorite volume in our #specialcollections and the plate I was looking for yesterday when I found the grumpy porcupine
#art #rarebooks #antiquarianbook #copperplate #libraries #toots
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A double toot, #elephants from “Nova de li Animali piu curiosi de Mundo” (Rome, 1650). A favorite volume in our #specialcollections and the plate I was looking for yesterday when I found the grumpy porcupine
#art #rarebooks #antiquarianbook #copperplate #libraries #toots
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A double toot, #elephants from “Nova de li Animali piu curiosi de Mundo” (Rome, 1650). A favorite volume in our #specialcollections and the plate I was looking for yesterday when I found the grumpy porcupine
#art #rarebooks #antiquarianbook #copperplate #libraries #toots
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A double toot, #elephants from “Nova de li Animali piu curiosi de Mundo” (Rome, 1650). A favorite volume in our #specialcollections and the plate I was looking for yesterday when I found the grumpy porcupine
#art #rarebooks #antiquarianbook #copperplate #libraries #toots
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The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the ✨ vibe ✨ this week :dumpster_fire:
#rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries
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The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the ✨ vibe ✨ this week :dumpster_fire:
#rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries
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The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the ✨ vibe ✨ this week :dumpster_fire:
#rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries
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The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the ✨ vibe ✨ this week :dumpster_fire:
#rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries
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The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the ✨ vibe ✨ this week :dumpster_fire:
#rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries
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Some more calligraphy practice. I see improvement on every attempt.
#calligraphy #copperplate #writing #handwriting @calligraphy
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With a bit of practice im slowly getting back up to speed...
#DouglasAdams #Calligraphy #Copperplate #Handwriting #writing @calligraphy
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Playing with the archaic long-s style.
1 is the modern form,
2 would be the form from 18th century and before,
3 is replacing all styles of s with the long-s
#history #calligraphy #copperplate #handwriting #writing @calligraphy
QT: https://qoto.org/@freemo/107428106715467092 -
Hmmm... I am considering if I want to start using the archaic long-s in my copperplate writing... Let me try to do an example and see how I like it.
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My reattempt at the Aleister Crowley quote. A few notable mistakes but considering i haven't practiced in months id say its a lot better than i expected. I clearly need to get back t practicing though as the writing looks a bit strained.
#Calligraphy #Copperplate #writing #handwriting #Cursive @calligraphy
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God damnit. I got half way through writing this long quote and someone distracted me and i screwed up. I hate when this happens!!! It was looking pretty nice to... Oh well gonna start over.
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I think im officially a 5:3:6 man from now on, this looks so much better.
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Call me crazy but im kinda digging this 5:3:6 ratio im playing with too.