I've finished copying the page of the Bedford Psalter.
This is a scan of the copy of the page I've been using at my desk - not the clean copy that I've got stored on the computer. Poor dirty page!
I could do the other 3 pages that I have. The script there is not as dense, and not as 'curlicued' (not one to be seen!) but I think using my list of pangrams (in English) would be more valuable.
If anyone reading this wants my list of pangrams - there are 4 A4 pages of them, including some in Latin and French, and some with lots of S's - just drop me a note. They are from a cyberscribe originally.
I've seen some evolution of my use of the script as I've done this practise.
* I've decided to do long 'ticks' for the apostrophes for the 'i's. I was doing a kind of caret thing. Part of the beauty of the script is the heaviness of the letters combined with the lightness of the flourishes and extra bits and pieces, and I think a thin straight line for the apostrophe will fit in better. The apostrophe's on the source are all sorts of shapes - it's not a set thing.
* I had to do a "l l" in the practise above and hit a problem - literally. The serifs hit into each other.
It eventually occurred to me that using a variant of the ascender serif - one that didn't stick out to the sides - would be a good idea in these cases! And also to use such an alternative when descender flourishes of letters from above are hitting into the letter and creating a tangled muddle.
* When analysing the letters I talked about the 'drip' from the top of the 'long s'. I don't know where that came from! I didn't find any during the practise. I've been using a serif, same as the rest of the letters.
* I'm occasionally going non-straight with my verticals. I think it's because I'm not moving the page as I go along and so not looking at it straight. At least, I hope that's the problem.
* I need to watch
- the shape of my ascenders
- the shape of my descenders
- that I don't do a standard G.T.Q. 'u' instead of a B.P. 'u'
- letter width
- the ticks are placed correctly
- the crossbar of the 't's are straight
- length of first vertical of a versio n 1.
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