Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering

by Edward Johnston

being substituted for long

, and the straight

for the curved

(see fig. [183]): the removal of the

flourish would also help readableness). And though it is somewhat large and heavy for ordinary use, it is good for practising, and might be developed into a form resembling any of the more difficult later forms (Plates [IX.], [X.], [XX.]).

[PLATE IX.]—English Writing, dated 1018. Two portions of a Charter of CNUT. Brit. Museum. (See also enlargement, fig. [173].) [Pl. reduced scale 1112ths.]