The History of English Handwriting is taken from an off print of the original article which was first delivered in 1899 to the Bibliographical Society and then published in the Society's Transactions the following year. Tinger of the Stripe, the publishing company to do this version has added additional illustrations. Over all this should be a short interesting read.
Having a hard copy of the Parker Chronicle is nice, as the images I had just didn't have the resolution to get a good look at the calligraphy. The different hands in the Parker Chronicle is very similar to the other Anglo-Saxon/Old English hands I found in other manuscripts. The differences are in little flourishes.
For my History project, I think I'm going to be combining most of the flourishes I like the best from the different Anglo-Saxon calligraphy. I've done a test run using a cartage pen and the hand that's used on the Beowulf manuscript. Over all, it went rather well, with only a few mistakes. I'll be making some changes to my plan that will help create a better finished project.
The Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts has been a wonderful source for having a lot of good links to various Old English Manuscripts. Old English List
Isaac
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