Bibliography of Selected Copybooks Before 1800: a bibliography of early-modern copybooks and writing manuals, many freely accessible online. The focus is on British texts but significant continental texts — such as Ludivico degli Arrighi Vincentino’s Regola da imparare scriuere varii caratteri de littere con li suoi compassi et misure (1533; LUNA), image on this page — are also represented. (Link leads to a wordpress.com site, also mine).
George Bickham’s calligraphic anthologies: a visual network [in progress]: an interactive model built with the Onodo visualization tool that explores the complicated network of business, professional, and personal relationships surrounding prolific eighteenth-century engraver George Bickham the elder and his influential anthologies, most famously The Universal Penman (1733-1741). The elements of the visualization may be moved around the screen by the viewer, and clicking on any of the points will bring up an information box. Quick view on this site, or full view at Onodo.org.
Edward Cocker’s copybooks and manuals: a visual network [in progress]: an interactive model built with the Onodo visualization tool that explores the network of business and professional relationships surrounding prolific seventeenth-century calligrapher and engraver Edward Cocker. The elements of the visualization may be moved around the screen by the viewer, and clicking on any of the points will bring up an information box. Quick view on this site, or full view at Onodo.org.
Header image: Marie Pavie, from Le premier essay de la plume de Marie Pavie (France, 1600 or 1608), Newberry Library.