Monthly Archives: October 2025

November 26th Meeting: Medieval Manuscripts w/ Doris Major (via Zoom)

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Please join us for our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, followed by our program with Doris Major.

The Zoom meeting room will be open to members beginning 6:45pm

SCHEDULE:

  • 7:00 – 7:30pm Annual General Meeting
  • 7:30 – 9:00pm Medieval Manuscripts with Doris Major program

There’s nothing quite like diving into the magic of a medieval manuscript! Doris Major will be sharing incredible photos from books in the restricted library of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS) at the University of Toronto—a place you need special permission to enter.

Together, we’ll flip through stunning facsimiles of masterpieces like the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels, to name a few. We’ll get a peek at Visigothic lettering in all its glory, marvel at pages that make you wonder, “How on earth did they do that?” and even spot a few mistakes. To top it off, we’ll look at the tiniest letters penned with a quill.

October 22nd Meeting: A Night in the Runes with Laura Erikkson (IN PERSON)

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Time: 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Location: Peace Church Peace Church, 659 52 AVE E, Vancouver, BC V5X 1G8.

It was this collage of images for the class “Calligraphy Design and Norse Runes” which caught my eye. The design, textures and interesting symbols fascinated me. After inquiring more about this course, I realized it was beyond my budget for my own ‘Calligraphy enrichment’. But through the generous scholarship provided by the Westcoast Calligraphy Society, I was able to enroll.

A very huge “Thank You” for this! I am delighted to share with you some of my learnings at our October meeting, calling it “A Night in the Runes” We will study the 24 characters of Elder Futhark, their names and how they sound. Norse Runes are simple and geometric, so our class will be a combination of art, phonics and geometric designs. We will construct the 24 symbols of Elder Futhark.

We will write runes as word and pattern. I will demonstrate the stages of writing runes with a resist medium and washing over it with water colours. I will show some examples of monograms using runes symbols.

Mostly, we will stretch our brains and our calligraphic language, reach back hundreds of years, yet using contemporary tools.

Calligraphy… the art of beautiful letters…. even in an ancient language.