Isaiah 53 in Uncial, by Steve Husting

I’m taking another class with Barbara Close as instructor. This 10-week class will cover Uncial and Gothic forms. The text above used a 5th century form of Uncial (pronounced un-shul). The text is taken from Isaiah 53:3-5a, which prophetically speaks of the death of Jesus Christ hundreds of years in advance; hence, the cross shape in the text.

Homework rules include to use lines of text evenly spaced with no space between them, using a mixture of regular broad-edged nib and monoline for the lettering. I used a Speedball C-3 nib, brown Winsor & Newton Calligraphy Ink, and red Sakura “Gelly Roll” Metallic gel pen on 11 x 14″ Strathmore Sketch paper.

This is my third attempt. Alert readers will find a word in which I formed the first stroke of the wrong letter, then wrote right over it with the correct letter.