Below are a list of books recommended by our Memebers. You can also download The Essential Scribes Bookshelf By Lady Saradwen Ariandalen, Marche of Gwyntarian here in WORD & PDF   The Illuminated Alphabet : An Inspirational Introduction to Creating Decorative Calligraphy by Patricia Seligman, Timothy Noad (Illustrator) Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Sterling (August 28, 2004) ISBN: 140271744X Price: $14.95 Medieval Calligraphy : Its History and Technique by Marc Drogin  Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Dover Publications (November 1, 1989) ISBN: 0486261425 Price: $11.53 The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550 by Jonathan J. G. Alexander (Editor) Hardcover: 273 pages Publisher: Prestel Pub (November, 1994) ISBN: 3791313851 Price: Used starting at $60.00 The Spitz Master: A Parisian Book of Hours (Getty Museum Studies on Art) by Gregory Clark Paperback: 98 pages Publisher: Getty Publications (July, 2003) ISBN: 0892367121 Price: $13.50 The Story of Writing by Donald Jackson Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Taplinger Pub Co (September, 1981) ISBN: 0800801725 Price: Used starting at $4.39 Three Classics of Italian Calligraphy: The Writing Books of Arrighi, Tagliente, Palatino by Oscar Ogg Hardcover Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc (June, 1953) ISBN: 0844608297 Price: Used starting at $20.00 Vikings : The North Atlantic Saga by National Museum of Natural History (U. S.) (Editor), William W. Fitzhugh (Editor), Elisabeth I. Ward (Editor) Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Smithsonian Books; 1 edition (April 15, 2000) ISBN: 1560989955 Price: $22.02   The Visconti Hours, National Library, Florence by Millard Meiss, Giovannino De' Grassi Hardcover: 262 pages Publisher: George Braziller (December, 1972) ISBN: 0807606510 Price: $100.00   Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering by Edward Johnston Paperback Publisher: A & C Black (September, 1994) ISBN: 0713640014 Price: $25.05 The Art of Calligraphy by David Harris  Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: DK Publishing; 1st American ed edition (May 1, 1998) ISBN: 1564588491 Price: $15.75 Codices Illustres: The World's Most Famous Manuscripts by Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf Hardcover Publisher: Taschen (September, 2005) ISBN: 382284750X Price: $16.49   A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 by Michelle P. Brown Paperback Publisher: 4240 (January, 1994) ISBN: 0802072062 Price: $30.50