A set of scruples badly worn

So, I finally went to a calligraphy night, where I was shown a book that actually proves that spiral calligraphy is period. (in around 1500.)

I went home and looked it up on Amazon.

It's around $200.00 used. I am in much sadness. Or pain. Anyway, for the decently employed, I provide the following:

Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature (Hardcover)
by Dick Higgins
ISBN: 0-88706-413-2

It doesn't come up on http://www.abebooks.com/, but I'm OK with that.

Also, I wanted badly to go to the Ayreton Carnivale and Regional A&S, but I have the weekend class, instead. Foo. userpic is a clip of Zoing, From Girl Genius

Um, I did some flat peyote patterns over the break, but they're on the laptop.

I finally know how to do spiral calligraphy!! There are good directions in Janet Mehigan's "Mastering the art of calligraphy" ISBN: 0-681-45927-1

I got my copy at Waldens in the bargain section for about $7.00.

You want this book, for it is all sorts of cool.

If you have any interest in period pieces at all, you also want this one if it's still in print:

Marc Drogin "Medieval Calligraphy: It's history and technique" ISBN: 0-486-26142-5

The how-to in the Drogin book may not be great. I was told that he's left handed and writes upside down. *shrug* It's the pictures of extant period pieces that made it a required book in the SCA about ten years ago.

Also check out the textbooks for the "Early books and manuscripts" course I'm taking this term. Many of my friends are exceedingly jealous.:

Barbra A. Shailor "the Medieval book: Illustrated from the Beinecke Rare book and manuscript library" Isbn: 0-8020-6853-7

Christopher De Hamel "Medieval Craftsmen: Scribes ans Illuminators" ISBN: 0-8020-7707-2

Michelle P. Brown "Understanding illuminated manuscripts: a guide to technical terms" ISBN: 0-89236-217-0

Huh. Amazon has no pictures, and the Brown book doesn't even have an entry..

I did play with the spiral, but what I wrote isn't up for posting...