Paul Antonio
About ten years ago, after I'd made a remark to the same effect, Dr. Quirke told me that Royally commissioed Calligrapher Paul Antonio had stated that it was his belief that the calligrapy we see in most examples from ancient Egypt was made not with a bristled brush, but with a tool more closely resembling a kalamos. I made a query to Mr. Antonio, and he called me from London with some advice. He later sent me some photo examples of texts, which are on the hard drive of an old Apple that is not working, at present. Google was able to find one such example of his work, so here it is, above. Mr. Antonio has given classes of instruction in Egyptian calligraphy, though I cannot find anything specific. He has served as a consultant to the British Museum, especially for their special exhibition on The Book of the Dead, some years ago. I haven't been in touch with him for a long time. His Facebook page boast over forty thousand Likes. Anyway, since he did send me some photos like this one, I post it here, so that I can include it among my examples of those artists around the world that have some grasp of this style. If he asks me to take it down, of course I shall, but for now, here is an example of a modern adept working in the style of the Dynasty XIX Theban scriptorium. Dr. Quirke had worked closely with many great BD papyri for many years. He could have pointed out how small the script actually was, but this might have blunted my investigation. He preserved the mystery by sending me to another thinker, as did the priests in Egypt with Pythagoras.