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calligraphy|kæˈlɪgrəfɪ|
[Ultimately ad. Gr. καλλιγραϕία, n. of quality f. καλλιγράϕ-ος: see calligraph n.1: perhaps immediately from L. calligraphia or F. calligraphie.]
1. Beautiful or fair writing as a product; also, elegant penmanship as an art or profession.
1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3) Calligraphie, faire writing. 1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady iii. iv, I have to commend me..my kalligraphy, a fair hand, Fit for a secretary. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Calligraphy made an article in the manual labour of the antient monks. 1816Singer Hist. Cards 93 Calligraphy was also another art which received considerable attention. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. I. xii. 498 The age of calligraphy is gone.
2. Handwriting, penmanship generally; style of handwriting or written characters; a person's characteristic handwriting or ‘hand’.
1645Milton Colast. Wks. (1847) 221/2 A divine of note had..stuck it here and there with a clove of his own calligraphy, to keep it from tainting. 1856Househ. Words XIII. 240 His calligraphy suggests..the skating of an intoxicated sweep over a sheet of ice. 1859Gullick & Timbs Painting 100 The study of the calligraphy, or penmanship, of ancient MSS. 1880Earle Philol. E.T. §99 In the eleventh century the fashion of our calligraphy was changed.
†3. Belles-lettres. Obs.
1860Worcester cites R. Park.
4. The brush-work (of a painting); beauty of line (of a painting, drawing, etc.).
1928Observer 1 July 14/1 Gainsborough adopted the elegant calligraphy, the loose, flickering touch. 1962Listener 2 Aug. 178/3 The three studies of ‘Woman in Rocking Chair’ show Kline's characteristic bold calligraphy in the process of being formed. |