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March 4 & 11 2023 – 10AM to 12:30AM French time
GOLDEN ROMANESQUE VERSALS
Online course
The course is recorded and available for two month after the live.
The decoration patterns were numerous during the Romanesque period. In this course, we will look at versals from a 12th century manuscript, drawn with interlaced stems ending with vegetal shapes. Originally, these initials were painted in gold and outlined in red. We will study the set of patterns and construction methods first. Then, in a second step, we will see how to create our own shapes and versals by mixing existing elements and changing the color set.
The course is hosted by The Gentle Penman
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March 18 & 25 2023 – 10AM to 12:30AM French time
FRENCH GOTHIC BASTARDA
Online course
The course is recorded and available for two month after the live.
There are countless gothic scripts that flourished during the homonymous period between the 13th and 15th centuries. Bastards form a large subfamily within the gothics and have many forms.
In this course, we will study a French gothic bastarda script of the XVth century from a Parisian manuscript of the Roman de la rose. In addition to the different shapes of majuscules and minuscules, we will study ligatures and abbreviations.
The course is hosted by The Gentle Penman
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APRIL 21, 22 & 23 2023 – 9AM to 5PM French time
INITIALS & FILIGREES OF THE 12TH CENTURY
In person course – Arche of Saint Antoine
Saint-Antoine l’Abbaye, 38160 FRANCE
At the end of the Romanesque period, all over Europe, scriptoriums change the way they decorate their versals. The initials adopt very free forms before being standardized again in the centuries that follow. Their color palette is also very rich. Finally, it is at this time that the first filigrees with very vegetal forms appear. During this course, we will study the historical forms of the initials as well as their decoration based on more than 50 different manuscripts and we will produce our own modern initials by playing with colors and patterns.
More information can be found here.
Cost : 190€
The course is hosted by the Arche of Saint Antoine
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PAST EVENTS
January 14 & 15 2023 – 6PM to 8PM French time
FILIGREES : A MANUSCRIPT APPROACH
Online course
February 11 & 18 – 6PM to 8PM french time
FILIGREES : GOLF CLUBS & LAYOUT
Online course