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Our gift box presents context, meaning, and historical inspiration.
The 5 issue slipcased set includes:
Ancient
Scripts - Step back 5700 years. Discover Bronze Age Chinese writing,
Mesoamerican
pictograms,
hieroglyphic charts, and cuneiform cypher wheels. Meet the
ancient
gods who created writing.
Persian
Poetry - The epitome of calligraphic genius vibrates with
visuals extolling the
excellence
of Persia's hand lettered literature. Includes a 24-page hand
stitched
mini book of representational calligraphy.
Runes
-
Pulses with pagan wisdom, and early Christian symbolism to introduce
the
knot that ties modern Europeans - Celtic myth and magic.
The
Holy Roman Empire - Picture and prose reveal ancient Rome, glittering
Byzantium, and
Charlemagne's
scandalous but scholarly Carolingian court. Discover how all
of
Western thought was preserved for posterity.
Penmanship
- Trace the history of handwriting with
55 period visuals. Learn how
handwritting evolved as laptops and mobile phones put us on the
verge
of extinction of the hand written word.
Each edition includes working models
for bookbinding techniques, pullouts, and templates
to
make reliquary alter boxes, moving art, Celtic knots and more.
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