page_title: Society of Scribes & Illuminators
hierarchical_section_title: Society of Scribes & Illuminators
caption_attribution_description: Image of page from the 7th century Book of Durrow, from The Gospel of Mark. The book, kept in Trinity, College Dublin, is hosted by Catholic U for educational purposes as part of its public image library.
context_page_description: The Society of Scribes & Illuminators is an organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of the arts of calligraphy and illumination.
  The SSI was founded in the United Kingdom in 1921 by former students of leading calligrapher Edward Johnston and has an international reputation in its field. The SSI organises exhibitions and lectures on subjects related to its fields of interest. Membership is opened to professionals in the field as well as interested amateurs. Members who have reached a particularly high standard of work may be elected as Fellows of the Society, and are entitled to use the post-nominal FSSI.
context_section_description: The Society of Scribes & Illuminators is an organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of the arts of calligraphy and illumination.
  The SSI was founded in the United Kingdom in 1921 by former students of leading calligrapher Edward Johnston and has an international reputation in its field. The SSI organises exhibitions and lectures on subjects related to its fields of interest. Membership is opened to professionals in the field as well as interested amateurs. Members who have reached a particularly high standard of work may be elected as Fellows of the Society, and are entitled (provided their subscription has not lapsed) to use the post-nominal FSSI.
caption: Illuminated page from the Book of Durrow
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