Donald Jackson (born 14 January 1938,

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, England) is a British

calligrapher Calligraphy (from el, link=y, καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "t ...

, official

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and calligrapher to the Crown Office of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Jackson is artistic director of ''

The Saint John's Bible ''The Saint John’s Bible'' is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine abbey since the invention of the printing press. The project was headed by Donald Jackson, and work on the manuscript to ...

'', a hand-written and illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine monastery of Saint John's Abbey in

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, United States of America. He is the author of ''The Story of Writing'' and ''The Calligrapher's Art''.

Parker Pen

Donald Jackson appears in a four-part series produced for Parker Pen, which is directed by Jeremy Bennett. The first two parts cover letterforms up to the fourteenth century, in which Jackson demonstrates the making of both reed and quill pens and shows their influence on letterforms. Part three has a short section on printing, which covers the invention of the printing press and copper engraving. Part four focuses entirely on pens, handwriting, and calligraphy.

References

External links

Myfonts
page about Donald Jackson
Donald Jackson Scroll
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the Newberry Library
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