Patricia Lovett teaches and lectures on a number of topics. Her
workshops include:
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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
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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)
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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
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OR
- Gilding and Traditional Skills (as in the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society's four day or two weekends course leading to a certificate)
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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