Exercise One

Black letter, also known as Gothic script or Gothic minuscule, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to 1500. Carolingian minuscule was the direct ancestor of black letter. During this time their were new universities popping all over Europe and they needed copies of books. Unfortunately Carolinian minuscule took too long and took up too much space on the paper. So Black-letter was developed to solve these problems. During the 15th century many people described Black-letter as Gothic. Gothic was a synonym for barbaric.

I chose the images base on the fact that Black-letter was considered Gothic. So I chose a Gothic Church and a Gothic Cross. I also, recreated a map of Europe to show where black-letter came from and where it was used. The axe was a common weapon among barbarians, so I used that image because "Gothic" writing was considered barbaric.