DOI issue:
Nr. 353 (August 1922)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21396#0128
STUDIO-TALK
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TWO PAGES FROM THE MARRIAGE
SERVICE. WRITTEN AND GILDED
BY BEATRIX HOLMES
(Society of Scribes and Illuminators)
worked out this same design for a portiere,
doing it in laid oriental stitch. 0 0
Since the war several new art societies
have come into existence. One of them,
the New Society of Artists, held its second
exhibition at the Suffolk Street Galleries
last month, but there was very little if
anything in it that calls for special com-
ment. On the whole the work shown was
much of the same character as that which
one is accustomed to see in these galleries,
and some of the best things were to be
found in the small room reserved for water-
colours. 0 0 0 0 0
The latest of the new societies—the
Society of Scribes and Illuminators—is
now holding its inaugural exhibition at
the Brook Street Art Galleries. The
members of the Society are content to be
without a figure-head in the shape of a
President, preferring that the organisation
should be conducted on less formal lines
than is usually the case, but Mr. Edward
Johnston, who has done so much for
the advancement of his craft, both in
training students at the Royal College
of Art and as the author of the best text-
108
book on the subject, is one of four honorary
members, and besides assisting the honorary
executive officers (Misses B. Holmes,
Dorothy Hutton and L. Puller) in starting
the Society has contributed three examples
of his own work to the exhibition. The
display is a modest one in so far as con-
cerns the number of exhibits, but these
include some beautiful examples of letter-
ing accompanied in many cases by illumina-
tion which here and there is the work of a
separate artist. One cannot but admire
the taste and delicate skill displayed in
much of this work of the modern illumina-
tor which, though it may not technically
compete with the illuminated manuscripts
which have been bequeathed by the past,
yet breathes the same spirit. We are,
however, inclined to attach more signifi-
cance to the actual lettering. As Professor
Lethaby writes in a foreword to the
catalogue, " writing is the most universal
of the arts," but " to-day we take it too
much for granted, and are likely to forget
that it is an art at all." " Common
interest in the improvement of ordinary
writing would be an immense disciplinary
estate rfMcurimcnitjfWut thou .uiduihealth:.tnd.fot-iKikin3all
low: her. comfort her. honour.and other keep thee onUiuntohim so
kcepheru,^tess<Winl*x>Wv lonqasue both shall live?
cmafor^Tfctnqail outer, keep thee ° 1
OttUl un»r«s-,solongA* 4« both i^HF W«ruw .rfiPW.
shall live-";' I'WTLL.
I WILLj 77 tho^vththUuVmanVhc
no o (« a „ VSlmarrie/itothisMan?
f Chin sUill t)ir ftunttau unto t&
lLTthc^havethisMa.itothijwa- catfttSirind&'dummr. 1& Mm -
in
ided hn$i>anci to live toocdwAt- igfer Trccannii die "Wonum <u f&rfa-
terCMsc^uTemcem^h^ t&sorfr^SQncG^taL*
mrfMettrtmorujfWiU ^Am^Osrufk^^uQ
thouobetjana serve him.Lov- tfr»m«» £&&a&mfr»r
houour.and keep him ui suHuxss vsayajUrkm *c)kWC_r>
TWO PAGES FROM THE MARRIAGE
SERVICE. WRITTEN AND GILDED
BY BEATRIX HOLMES
(Society of Scribes and Illuminators)
worked out this same design for a portiere,
doing it in laid oriental stitch. 0 0
Since the war several new art societies
have come into existence. One of them,
the New Society of Artists, held its second
exhibition at the Suffolk Street Galleries
last month, but there was very little if
anything in it that calls for special com-
ment. On the whole the work shown was
much of the same character as that which
one is accustomed to see in these galleries,
and some of the best things were to be
found in the small room reserved for water-
colours. 0 0 0 0 0
The latest of the new societies—the
Society of Scribes and Illuminators—is
now holding its inaugural exhibition at
the Brook Street Art Galleries. The
members of the Society are content to be
without a figure-head in the shape of a
President, preferring that the organisation
should be conducted on less formal lines
than is usually the case, but Mr. Edward
Johnston, who has done so much for
the advancement of his craft, both in
training students at the Royal College
of Art and as the author of the best text-
108
book on the subject, is one of four honorary
members, and besides assisting the honorary
executive officers (Misses B. Holmes,
Dorothy Hutton and L. Puller) in starting
the Society has contributed three examples
of his own work to the exhibition. The
display is a modest one in so far as con-
cerns the number of exhibits, but these
include some beautiful examples of letter-
ing accompanied in many cases by illumina-
tion which here and there is the work of a
separate artist. One cannot but admire
the taste and delicate skill displayed in
much of this work of the modern illumina-
tor which, though it may not technically
compete with the illuminated manuscripts
which have been bequeathed by the past,
yet breathes the same spirit. We are,
however, inclined to attach more signifi-
cance to the actual lettering. As Professor
Lethaby writes in a foreword to the
catalogue, " writing is the most universal
of the arts," but " to-day we take it too
much for granted, and are likely to forget
that it is an art at all." " Common
interest in the improvement of ordinary
writing would be an immense disciplinary