
Workshops
Quills and Calligraphy Masterclass
Sept19
Saturday, September 19, 202610:00 – 17:00About the event
Writing with a quill on vellum (calfskin) is a heritage craft that has been practiced by scribes for centuries. Join world-renowned professional calligrapher and illuminator, Patricia Lovett MBE, for a day of learning how to write Bâtarde from mediaeval books. This is the writing style used in the many of the British Library's manuscript collections. You’ll cut a quill from a feather of a swan’s…




