The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper, calligraphy by Edward Johnston
Manuscript
30/04/1900 (made), 1902 (binding)
30/04/1900 (made), 1902 (binding)
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Edward Johnston abandoned a medical career and with the encouragement of Lethaby, Cockerell and Bridges, devoted himself to calligraphy; from 1899 to 1912 he taught at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and from 1901 also at the Royal College of Art. He designed block letters based on classical Roman Capital proportions for London Electric Railways (commissioned by Frank Pick) in 1916. Johnston was president of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1933-1936. He was awarded an OBE in 1939.
Object details
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| Title | The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper, calligraphy by Edward Johnston |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion, written by Edward Johnston, London, 1900. |
| Physical description | Manuscript, 43 leaves (7 blank), written in black, red, blue and green ink, some writing in gold. Line endings in gold and colours, gold cross on f. 23r. Written only on the rectos, versos left blank. Decorated panel on f. 32r with the words 'GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO' in gold on blue. Parchment, ff. i-viii (parchment) + 43 (foliated) + ix-xv (parchment). Colophon on f. 36r: 'Lond. BK. IV./BY MICKLE THOUGHT &/ LITTLE CARE THIS WAS/ WROUGHT FOR COUSIN/ FAIR: by E:J: FINISHED/ 30 : APRIL : ANNO D[OMI]NI : MCM/ IN/ NO/MINE/ E.J.' Binding: Brown calf with title in gold on the upper cover, decorated with a motif of small green leaves in onlay leather with gold tooling, and similar motif in blind tooling by the metal clasp and by the raised cords on the spine; monogram inside back cover "D.C. 1902" (i.e. Douglas Cockerell). |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Written by Edward Johnston for his cousin, in 1900. |
| Summary | Edward Johnston abandoned a medical career and with the encouragement of Lethaby, Cockerell and Bridges, devoted himself to calligraphy; from 1899 to 1912 he taught at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and from 1901 also at the Royal College of Art. He designed block letters based on classical Roman Capital proportions for London Electric Railways (commissioned by Frank Pick) in 1916. Johnston was president of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1933-1936. He was awarded an OBE in 1939. |
| Bibliographic reference | Whalley, J. I. and Kaden, V. (eds.). The universal penman. A survey of western calligraphy from the Roman period to 1980. London: 1980.
p. 107. |
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| Library number | MSL/1946/131 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2019 |
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