Patricia Lovett teaches and lectures on a number of topics. Her workshops include:

  • Writing Styles:
  • Roman Capitals
  • Flat Pen Uncials (as in the Lindisfarne Gospels)
  • Angled Pen Uncials (as in the St Cuthbert Gospel of St John)
  • Anglo-Saxon (Insular) Pointed Minuscules
  • Caroline Minuscules
  • Round Hand or English Caroline Minuscule (as in the Harley Psalter/Edward Johnston’s Foundational Hand)
  • English Caroline Minuscule Compressed (Eadui Basan's hand as in the Grimbald Gospels)
  • Gothic Black Letter
  • Gothic Cursive/Bâtarde
  • Rotunda
  • Renaissance Minuscules and Renaissance Majuscules (San Vito Capitals)
  • Italic
  • Italic Flourishes
  • Craft Workshops:
  • Bookbinding – Little Books
  • Fun with letters
  • All Wrapped Up (wraps, folds, boxes and bags)
  • Small objects of Desire (all sorts of tiny items which make wonderful gifts and treats for special people)
  • Gilding and Traditional Skills:
  • Gilding on the cheap
  • Gesso gilding, quills and vellum and vellum stretching (yes, this is a long day!)
  • Painting Mediæval Miniatures
  • Modern gilding
  • OR
  • Gilding and Traditional Skills (as in the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society's four day or two weekends course leading to a certificate)
  • Lectures include:
  • English Heraldry
  • Roman Letters in Rome
  • A History of Writing
  • How Manuscript Books were Made - the Tools and Materials of the Mediæval Scribe
  • Two Scribes: Two Books (the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Bury Bible)
  • Lions, Feathers and Gold (mediæval manuscripts)
  • Gold on Parchment