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|a "Esta es una reproducción de un libro publicado antes de 1923. Este libro puede tener imperfecciones ocasionales, tales como falta de páginas o páginas borrosas, imágenes y marcas poco legibles, etc, que eran parte del documento original, o fueron introducidos en el proceso de digitalización. Creemos que este trabajo es de importancia cultural, y que a pesar de las imperfecciones es un importante aporte como parte del continuo compromiso con la preservación de las obras impresas en todo el mundo. Agradecemos su comprensión de las imperfecciones en el proceso de conservación."
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|a Part I. Writing & illuminating. Chapter I. The development of writing. -- Chapter II. Aquiring a formal hand: (I) tools. The desk. Paper & ink-pens: The reed: the quill-off quills generally-Pen-knife, cutting-slab &c. -- Chapter III. Aquiring a formal hand: (2) methods. Position of the desk. The writing level. Use of the pen. Holding the pen. Filling the pen, &c. -- 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 copyng MSS. Generally. -- 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. -- Chapter VI. Manuscript books. MS. Books: tools & materials. Methods & proportions. The size & shape of the books. The widths of the margins. The size of the writing, &c. Ruling. MS. Books: general remarks. -- Chapter VII. Versal letters & coloured capitals. Development of versals. General analysis of versals. Notes on construction of versals. Spacing & arrangement of versals. -- Chapter VIII. Black & red. Rubricating. Initial pages or titles pages. Prefaces & notes in colour. Pages with coloured headings. Page or column headin & initial. Versals in column or marginal bands. Stanzas or verses marked by versals. Music with red staves. Tail-pieces, colophons, &c. Rubricating: general remarks. -- 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 fol gilding. Appendix on gilding (by Graili Hewitt). - Chapter X. The use of gold & colours in initial letters & simple illuminations. 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. -- Chapter XI. A theory of illumination. Illumination "Barbaric, or colour-work, illumination" - "Filigree, or pen-work, illumination". "Natural, or Limmer's, illuminations. -- Chapter XII. The development of illumination. Line-finishings. Initial letters. Borders & backgrounds. -- Chapter XIII. "Design". Elementary patterns in decoration. Scale & scope od decoration. Of "designing" manuscripts, generally. - Part II. 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 writting" & "fine writing". Even spacing. Theory & practice. -- Chapter XV. The roman alphabet & its derivates. The Roman alphabet. Proportions of letters: widths. Upper y lower parts. Essential or structural forms. Characterisation of forms. Built-up forms. Simple-written capitals. Unicials. Capital & small-letters. Early, round, upright, formal hans. Slanted-pen small-letters. Roman small-letters. Italics. Semi-formal hands. Of formal writing generally. Decorative contrasts. Ornamental letters. -- Appendix A. Chapter XVI. Special subjets. Divers uses of lettering. MS. Books, &c. Binding MSS (with note by Douglas Cockerell). Broadsides, wal inscriptions, &c. Illuminated addresses, &c. Monograms & devices. Title pages. Lettering for reproduction. Printing. Inscription on metal, stone, wood, &c. Of inscriptions generally. Bibliography, &c. -- Appendix B. Chapter XVII. Inscriptions in stone (by A.E.R. Gill). Treatmen & arrangement. The three alphabets. Size & spacing. The material. Setting out. Tools. A right use of chisel. Incised letters & letters in relief. The sections of letters. Working in situ. Notes on the collotype plates. The collotype plates. Index.
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