An extra X

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To help you copy the early Renaissance colors of this X, I have outlined it in the reddish-brown color of the original.  Many illuminators used to dilute their outline inks to keep them from overwhelming the solid color within. 

I've given you a version in black, too, so you can try a variety of ways to combine outlines and colors.       

Abecedary to color: X

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 X , this week's letter, lets us think about symmetry.  Many letters, especially the Versals based on Roman capitals, are symmetrical along their vertical or horizontal axis.  Or both, like the letters I, H, O, and X.  

This illustration comes from Learn Calligraphy,
by Margaret Shepherd, Random House.  page 91. 

If you are fascinated by symmetry, you can did deeper here.  Just as M C Escher's work [see V and W above] left people disoriented about the visual experience, Arthur Loeb's lifetime of study restored order to the many different kinds of symmetries