Copy slips or copy strips are small slips of paper which were commonly used to teach calligraphy and penmanship between 1500 and 1920. The strips, which typically measure about 8.5 inches (22 cm) by 3.5 inches (8.9 cm), display engraved or handwritten examples of calligraphy or good penmanship. Copy strips were commonly stored by tying them into a packet or placing them in an envelope.[1]
The collections of individual copy slip papers developed into copybooks. Copybooks contained examples of calligraphy or basic penmanship with blank lines below for students to imitate the printed text and develop their penmanship skills.[1]
The most widely published set of 19th century copy slips was George Gaskell’s Complete Compendium of Elegant Writing.[1][2] Louis Madarasz, the highly skilled American calligrapher, developed ornamental penmanship talents during his teens with Gaskell's Compendium of Penmanship.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c www.bibliopolis.com. "Book Excerpt | AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY by William E. Henning on Oak Knoll". Oak Knoll. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "Gaskell's complete compendium of elegant writing, comprised in a new series of beautiful copy slips for self-instruction in the counting room, the office and at the home fireside, Prof. G.A. Gaskell, Manchester, New Hampshire". www.digitalcommonwealth.org. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Henning, William E. (2002). An Elegant Hand: The Golden Age of American Penmanship and Calligraphy. Oak Knoll Press. pp. 27–52. ISBN 978-1-58456-067-8.
- ^ Gaskell, G. A. (1881). Gaskell's Compendium of Forms: Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial embracing a complete self-teaching course in penmanship and bookkeeping, and aid to english composition. David O. McKay Library Brigham Young University-Idaho. St. Louis: Richard S. Peale.
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