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Large Clerical Script, Start to Finish
2026

Large Clerical Script, Start to Finish

'Gazing east to my old garden, the road stretches far; my sleeves are soaked and the tears will not dry. We meet on horseback with no paper and no brush — I ask you to carry word that I am well.' In the copybook the poem is small regular script; setting it as large clerical script is another matter — a long banner unrolled and pressed down character after character. The video is stitched together from several takes: mostly the large characters on the banner, with shots of writing at the desk at home between them. Real time; skipping ahead is fine.

Length30 min 47 s
ContentCen Shen, 'Meeting a Messenger Bound for the Capital' · large clerical script
FilmingShot on a phone · real time, unedited
Size256 MB · loads only when you press play
VideoClerical script31 minutes

Video

VIDEO
Hosted here
30:47
Large clerical script · the whole session About 31 minutes · 256 MB · nothing loads unless you press play

Pages

3 pages · scroll sideways, or click to enlarge and page through
Still · first stroke
01 · Still · first stroke · The banner laid out on the table, the first character begun
Still · mid-stroke
02 · Still · mid-stroke · Shot from above, so you can see how a stroke travels
Still · at the desk
03 · Still · at the desk · From the take filmed at home

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