Alphabet: The Story of Writing, 2 -- The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword

Year Published: 1980

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Narrator, Susannah York; producer and director, Jeremy Bennett Calligrapher Donald Jackson traces the history of the modern alphabet from its beginnings during the Roman Empire to its appearance on Hadrian's Wall in Great Britain to the development of a Carolingian style during the reign of Charlemagne. Jackson demonstrates how the quill pen was made and the techniques of the medieval monks in illuminating manuscripts

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