I visited the Northumbrian Scribes at Bede's World in Jarrow near Newcastle on the weekend to give a workshop on The Art of Kilian. I left home at 10.00am and arrived in Morpeth at 5.00pm - a long day of travel, but worth it!We used Herman Kilian's work as  starting point, analysing his letter forms in relation to Trajan Caps. The Northumbrian Scribes are a very active society and there were 22 attendees, with a wide age range right up to two members in their nineties. This says something about … [Read more...]