The Society of Scribes & Illuminators is an organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of the arts of
calligraphy
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 ...
and
illumination.
The SSI was founded in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
in 1921 by former students of leading calligrapher
Edward Johnston
Edward Johnston, CBE (11 February 1872 – 26 November 1944) was a British craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the father of modern calligraphy, in the particular form of the broad-edged pen as a writing tool.
He is most famo ...
and has an international reputation in its field. The SSI organises exhibitions and lectures on subjects related to its fields of interest. Membership is opened to professionals in the field as well as interested amateurs. Members who have reached a particularly high standard of work may be elected as Fellows of the Society, and are entitled (provided their subscription has not lapsed) to use the post-nominal FSSI.
Fellows
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Tom Gourdie
Tom Gourdie MBE, DA, FSSI (18 May 1913 – 6 January 2005) was a prominent Scottish calligrapher, artist and teacher. He also was the author of several books, mainly on subject matter related to calligraphy.
Early life and initiation into call ...
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Donald Jackson (calligrapher)
Donald Jackson (born 14 January 1938, Lancashire, England) is a British calligrapher, official scribe and calligrapher to the Crown Office of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Jackson is artistic director of ''The Saint John's ...
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Dorothy Miner
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Brody Neuenschwander
Brody Neuenschwander (born 1958) is a calligrapher and artist who lives in Bruges, Belgium.
Education
Neuenschwander was educated at Princeton University where he received his B.A. in Art History in 1981. While a student at Princeton, he was ...
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Charles Pearce
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Mildred Ratcliffe
Mildred Mary Ratcliffe FSSI (1899–1988) was an English painter, commercial artist & calligrapher, known for her poster designs for the Post Office Savings Bank.
Biography
Ratcliffe was born on 17 October 1899 in Rochester, Kent as the seco ...
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Sheila Waters
Sheila Waters (13 March 1929 – 18 March 2022) was a British calligrapher and teacher who spent the last half-century of her life in the United States.
Life
Sheila Waters was born in Gravesend, England, on 13 March 1929. She graduated from the M ...
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Irene Wellington
Irene Bass Sutton Wellington (1904–1984) was an influential British calligrapher and teacher of calligraphy.
Early life
Born in Lydd, Kent, in 1904, Irene Bass attended Ashford County School, and later Maidstone School of Art, where she beg ...
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Mary White
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Anthony Wood
See also
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Scribe
A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.
The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...
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:Fellows of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators
References
External links
Society of Scribes & Illuminators
1921 establishments in the United Kingdom
Arts organizations established in 1921
Calligraphy organizations, societies, and schools
Learned societies of the United Kingdom
Manuscript illuminators
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