Cyber-Monday is tomorrow, so I hope you see this in time.

There’s also little for scribal illuminators at local bookstores. And nothing on history, gouache application, or medieval manuscript terminology. So shopping for these items Monday online is perfect timing.

These are not new publications. There aren’t many current books in this category. But they are books I have and use to this day. So here’s my list:

• • The Art of Calligraphy: A Practical Guide To The Skills And Techniques, by David Harris, Dorling Kindersley, New York, 1995.

• • Creative Calligraphy: A Complete Course by Marie Lynskey, Thorsons Publishers Ltd., England, 1988.

• • A History of Illuminated Manuscripts, by Christopher De Hamel, Phaidon Press, 1997.

• • The Illuminated Alphabet, by Patricia Seligman and Timothy Noad, Running Press, London, 1994.

• • Illumination for Calligraphers: The complete guide for the ambitious calligrapher, by Marie Lynskey, Thorsons, London, 1990.

• • Medieval Calligraphy It’s History and Technique, by Marc Drogin, Dover Publications, New York, 1989.

• • Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work, by Jonathan J.G. Alexander. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1992.

• Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts, A Guide To Technical Terms, by Michelle P. Brown. The J. Paul Getty Museum in association with The British Library, 1994.