Calligraphy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Assorted drafts, correspondence, etc., c 1858-1934
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW487
Scope and Contents
A varied assortment of papers, much of it ethnographic and folklore material handwritten by Alexander Carmichael. Also includes: printer's copies of letters and symbols used in the Carmina Gadelica; printers proofs of Carmichael's work 'Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides', written for the Crofting Commission report, 1884; several complaints addressed to the Sheriff of the county of Inverness; assorted newspaper cuttings; ephemera from various events, such as the Gaelic Society...
Dates:
c 1858-1934
Book of anecdotes, quotations, etc., in French, in ornamental styles of writing, with illuminations, 1577
Item
Identifier: La.III.522
Scope and Contents
Book of Anecdotes, Quotations, etc., created by Esther Inglis. It is in French, in ornamental styles of writing, with illuminations. There is a prayer at the beginning, with ornamental border, bearing to be written at Barnetoun by Mr. W. Geddy. In a paper fastened to the board some notes.
Dates:
1577
Illuminated calligraphic manuscript entitled A Selection from the Collects, by Louisa Mary Freeman, c 1880
Item
Identifier: Ms.Add.5
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript entitled A Selection from the Collects, by Louisa Mary Freeman. Each page is highly illuminated, and includes a prayer and a note indicating when to recite said prayer (for example 'Sixth Sunday after Epiphany', and 'Ninth Sunday after Trinity'), a decorated initial, and richly illuminated borders.Also includes a contemporary carte de visite portrait of Louisa Mary Freeman, taken by Hennah & Kent in...
Dates:
c 1880