On the Foundational hand, Ken is correct, developed by Johnston in the early 20th century, provides a historical golden thread that developed as a Caroline hand contained seeds for a perfect if not nearly perfect example of a minuscule hand developed and based on a circle with very well disciplined letterforms. When i do teach letterforms, and its limited to Romans, Johnston's greatest contribution relates to understand how to decipher a manuscript. That is the importance of that one specific Harley manuscript that Johnston referred to. All the necessary elements for developing letterforms . The manuscript in question is called the Ramsey Psalter. 13 x 9 3/4. done on or about the 10th century. For those interested, i can scan a copy of the manuscript and email it to anyone who would like to see it . JERRY
