Airy Plumefights

Timothy O'Neill (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

42 Seiten

1994
The Lilliput Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-874675-35-8 (ISBN)

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Airy Plumeflights (the title derives from Finnegans Wake) is an enchanting and practical introduction to lettering and decorating in the Celtic style by one of Ireland’s best-known calligraphers. Part One tells the story of Daniel, an apprentice scribe in a ninth-century Celtic monstery and is set against the background of daily life there. He describes being introduced to the ancient arts of cleaning animal hides for vellum, mixing inks, and preparing parchment and quills before working with master scribes and illuminators on transcribing Gospels in the scriptorium. Drawings by the artist Mark O’Kelly accompany the narrative. Part Two, an illustrated step-by-step explanation of Celtic-style writing, takes its components, letter by letter, and describes the process of graphic composition and the intricacies of spirals and interlace. It also explains the basic principles of ruling and page layout, finishing with examples of bookbinding and covering. A list of suggested further reading and examples from the Book of Durrow complete the work.

TIMOTHY O’NEILL teaches and lectures on calligraphy in Ireland and abroad. He is author of The Irish Hand (1984) and Merchants and Mariners in Medieval Ireland (1987).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.12.1994
Illustrationen	Mark O'Kelly
Verlagsort	Dublin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 220 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
ISBN-10	1-874675-35-X / 187467535X
ISBN-13	978-1-874675-35-8 / 9781874675358
Zustand	Neuware