Calligraphy- The Roman Hand

Inscription on Column of Trajan 

photo from Google images for educational purposes

 For translation go HERE

Hello Art Students! I am sorry for getting this out a bit late.

For this coming Co-op day we will be introduced to our first hand of calligraphy study, the Roman hand. I have uploaded our practice sheet to the co-op web page so if you need an extra copy for practicing, download and print another at home.

 I will instruct you some in class, as well as, give you time to practice.  Some practice will need to be done at home 20-30 min. throughout this week would be great.  I will be collecting your practice sheets from home next week and looking at your work. You will not be graded, but I would like to give you some feedback on your progress. We will use the best set to fix in our Book of Hours.

I also want you to also answer the following questions on the back of your practice sheet that you will be turning in to me next week. (This assignment will earn a bonus card so if you are short please do this assignment for make up)

1. Why did the Romans write this way? Look in your History of Writing document if you get stuck.

2. What can you tell about the Romans just by looking at the way they write?Explain.

Here is a link to a website that has further explanation. Look at the first photo, inscriptions and translations to give you more information to answer the questions above. Think in general terms. What can we learn about the Romans from what they wrote about and the way it looks? If you wish to know more about the Column of Trajan go to the website listed below.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~trajan/?page_id=11