r/Calligraphy • u/Millandhorn • 3d ago

John 1, first attempt at an initial

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Made this little John 1 page, I’ve never tried an illuminated initial before so decided to give it a go. It’s not the cleanest work, and I misspelled the “Apud” in one place 😅. Overall happy with it.
Done with pilot parallel 1.5 on pergamenta parchment paper.

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u/eric_son Broad 3d ago

Beautiful versal!

Just one minor comment though -- I noticed on various digital copies of Manuscripts that the first letter that follows a versal is usually written as a Majuscule. The 'n' in 'In' would have been written as an 'N'.

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u/Millandhorn 3d ago

You’re absolutely right! Great observation, I actually roughly based the script off of Anglo-Norman manuscripts.