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link excerpt: Calligraphy is a term that refers to the written execution of alphabetic letterforms with a writing instrument such as a brush or pen. Cultures all over the world have developed their own unique forms of calligraphy in

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brush set for fonts … Procreate iPad app

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Humanistic Script - link to extensive collection of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts

How Handwriting Developed - Graphic Design History website

A to Z: The First Alphabet: How Writing Changed the World - NOVA 9/23/20 - PBS video - 54:02

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Below each index page image is a single word which gives a hint to the subject on that webpage.

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Clicking on any index page image opens a webpage, which most often contains an illustrated 1,000 word essay and an image collection. External links are provided to offer in-depth discussion of the subject.

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*** The layout and organization of imagessays.com is a bit tangential by design, leading the visitor to an exploration of related subjects, informing in an unexpected manner, and so expanding the knowledge base of the viewer. ***

primary webpage: seeing

secondary webpage: marrow

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“Whenever I discovered something which was noteworthy,

I have felt it my duty to put down what I had discovered,

in order that it would become known to the educated world.”

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Letter of June 12, 1716

… see: microscope

“Sharing knowledge is the the greatest of all callings.

There is nothing like it in the land".”

The Instruction of Dua-Khety

… to his son, as he entered scribe school c. 2000 BC, Egypt - Middle Kingdom

… see: seeing

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list of essays

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