Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One skilled in calligraphy. Also spelled caligraphist, kalligraphist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A calligrapher.
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- noun
calligrapher
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- noun someone skilled in penmanship
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Examples
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Thich Nhat Hanh is also an acclaimed calligraphist.
James Hoggan: Thich Nhat Hanh and David Suzuki to Discuss How to Restore Health to the Planet James Hoggan 2011
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Anglo-Saxon named Erventus, was a clever calligraphist, and is said to have been highly proficient in the art of illuminating; he instructed
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
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Vergèce, the Cretan scholar and calligraphist who designed Greek types for
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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BALES [BALESIUS], PETER (1547-1610?), English calligraphist, one of the inventors of shorthand writing, was born in London in 1547, and is described by Anthony Wood as a "most dexterous person in his profession, to the great wonder of scholars and others."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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T'ang Yin was the painter of elegant women; Tung became famous especially as a calligraphist and a theoretician of the art of painting; a textbook of the art was written by him.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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My compartment was crowded with men of my division, and only one-half of these had true passes; one, who was an adept calligraphist, wrote his own pass, and made a counterfeit signature of the superior who should have signed the form of leave.
The Amateur Army Patrick MacGill 1926
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Conspicuous among the Emperor's entourage was Ho Chih-chang, a famous statesman, poet, and calligraphist, who, on reading Li T'ai-po's poetry, is said to have sighed deeply and exclaimed: "This is not the work of a human being, but of a Tsê Hsien (Banished Immortal)."
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The Emperor at this time was Chien Lung, the best of the Manchu dynasty, a cultivated man, a patron of the arts, and an exquisite calligraphist.
The Problem of China Bertrand Russell 1921
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A striking exception is formed by the Damasine letters introduced in the fourth century by Furius Dionysius Filocalus, the calligraphist of Pope Damasus I (q. v.).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Man of letters, calligraphist, collector of books and paintings.
Chinese Painters A Critical Study Raphael Petrucci 1906
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