This list is in progress. Please feel free to suggest further links in the comments.
See also WRITING MANUALS AND COPYBOOKS and MANUSCRIPTS AND IMAGES
For my own calligraphic activities, see main website
Also see my Pinterest pages
This page:
Digitized books
Museums/exhibitions
Organizations/websites
Online suppliers
Digitized books:
- Ludovico Arrighi. Operina. Rome, 1522.
- Edward Johnson. Writing & illuminating, & lettering. London: J. Hogg, 1917 (Internet Archive)
- Medieval Manuscripts: Some ink and pigment recipes. Special Collections Conservation Unit, Preservation Department, Yale University Library.
Museums/exhibitions:
- Bath Postal Museum, including digital collection
- Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy (Moscow)
- Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft (UK)
- Hill Museum Manuscript Library: “the world’s largest collection of resources for the study of manuscript cultures across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia”
- Klingspor-Museum Offenbach: Museum for Modern International Book Art, Typography and Calligraphy
- Letterform Archive (San Francisco): “a nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community”
- National Art Library modern calligraphy collection, Victoria & Albert
- The Pen Museum, Birmingham
- Schrift- und Heimatmuseum Bartlhaus (Bartlhaus Calligraphy and Local Heritage Museum) (Austria)
Organizations/websites:
- Associazione Calligrafica Italiana
- The Berlin Calligraphy Collection
- Bill’s Space: Bill Grant’s excellent and helpful site
- Calligrafile: “the internet’s largest resource archive for modern calligraphers and lettering artists”
- Calligraphy Centre and Cheerio Calligraphy Retreats
- The Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society (CLAS) (UK)
- DESIGNTRAVELER: “Diary of Design History Field Trips”
- Friends of Calligraphy (California): good links and resources
- IAMPETH (International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers, and Teachers of Handwriting) (USA)
- The Edward Johnston Foundation: “a research centre for calligraphy and the lettering arts” (UK)
- Public Domain Review: calligraphy
- The Calligraphy Heritage of Reed College: video series
- The Society for Italic Handwriting
- Society of Scribes (NYC): and links
- The Society of Scribes and Illuminators (SSI) (UK): and links
Online suppliers:
- Blots Pen & Ink Supplies (UK)
- Calligraphity.com: “the calligraphy bookshop” (UK)
- Calligraphy Store (Italy)
- L Cornelissen & Son Ltd. (UK)
- John Neal Bookseller (USA)
- Paper and Ink Arts (USA)
- C Roberson and Co (UK)
- Scribblers (UK)
- Also see my Pinterest page
[Linking image on main page: page of initials from Stephanus Hayn’s notebook (1775)]
