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	Writing Chinese Seal Script (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The seal script is the oldest form in Chinese calligraphy.
		Symmetry is one of the characteristic of seal characters.
		The learning of seal script should start with the latter which is more regularized than the former.
	www.rice-paper.com /uses/calligraphy/technique/sealscript.html (210 words)

	Seal script - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Great Seal script is thought to have been systemised during the reign of the Zhou dynasty King Xuan (周宣公) in the form of zhouwen (籒文).
		The Small Seal script was systemised by Li Si during the reign of the First Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang.
		In the history of Chinese characters, the Small Seal script is considered to be the ancestor of the clerical script 隷書.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/e/a/Seal_script.html (295 words)

	Seal script - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seal script, also called small seal script, is an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy.
		Seal script became standardized and adopted as the formal script for all of China in the Qin dynasty, and was still widely used for decorative engraving and seals (name chops, or signets) in the Han dynasty.
		In the history of Chinese characters, the Small Seal script is often considered to be the ancestor of the clerical script 隷書, which in turn gave rise to all of the other scripts in use today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seal_script (650 words)

	East Asian calligraphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Seal Script (often called Small Seal Script) is the formal script of the Qin system of writing, the informal script of which was precursor to the Clerical Script.
		However, because seals act like legal signatures in Chinese culture and (to a lesser extent in modern times)Japanese culture, and because vermillion seal impressions are a fundamental part of the presentation of works of art such as calligraphy and painting, seals and therefore seal script remain ubiquitous.
		The Regular Script (often called standard script or simply kǎishū) is one of the last major calligraphic styles to develop, emerging between the Chinese Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period, gaining dominance in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and maturing in the Tang Dynasty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_calligraphy (2089 words)

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		Different seals could be used for different purposes: for example, Emperor Qianlong had a number of appreciation seals [2] used on select paintings in their collection.
		Seals can serve as identification with signatures because they are difficult to forge (when compared to forging a signature) and only the owner has access to his own seal.
		Seals are also often used on Chinese calligraphy works and Chinese paintings, usually imprinted in such works in the order (from top to bottom) of name seal, leisure seal(s), then studio seal.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Seal_(Chinese) (2262 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Seal script became standardized and adopted as the formal script for all of China in the Qin dynasty, and was still widely used for decorative engraving and seals (name chops, or signets) in the Han dynasty.
		The script of the Qin system (the writing as exemplified in bronze inscriptions in the state of Qin before unification) had evolved organically from the Zhou script.
		In the history of Chinese characters, the Small Seal script is often considered to be the ancestor of the clerical script é·æ¸, which in turn gave rise to all of the other scripts in use today.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Seal_script (577 words)

	BabelStone : Phags-pa Script : Script Styles
		Seal script Phags-pa inscriptions may also be found in some epigraphic contexts, such as the title inscription of monumental inscriptions on stone stelae (in such cases the main text may be in Chinese, and only the title inscription in the Phags-pa script).
		The close date of this stone pillar to the date of the seal of the third Dalai Lama suggests that the Tibetan style of the Phags-pa script was devised in Mongolia during the reign of Altan Khan (1543-1582).
		Seal script style letters are taken from the examples given in Menggu Ziyun è’å¤å—é», and from actual seals and epigraphic inscriptions.
	www.babelstone.co.uk /Phags-pa/Scripts.html (922 words)

	Viewing Japanese Prints: "Inscriptions and Seals"
		Seals were derived from a variety of sources, such as names of the artist designing the print, names or emblems used by earlier masters, literary names, studio crests, family names, and so on.
		The date seals used on Japanese prints identify one of the 12 animals of the zodiac and a specific month for that seal (see Kuniyoshi print: Inscriptions and Seals).
		The earliest known examples of ukiyo-e prints bearing censor seals seem to be from either late 1790 or early 1791, so it appears that it took some months before the new system of censorship took effect, at least as far as including the new censor seals on the prints.
	spectacle.berkeley.edu /~fiorillo/texts/topictexts/faq/faq_inscript_seals.html (1181 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chinese calligraphy
		The clerical script is highly stylised, a development from seal script form.
		They are highly angular in appearance, and as a precursor to regular script, for modern readers of Chinese characters, they are highly legible, compared to grass script, or seal script.
		Seal scripts are regularised scripts, which are noted for the uniformity of thickness and space of vertical, horizontal and curved lines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinese-calligraphy (1745 words)

	Seal Script Calligraphy
		The Seal Script (often called Small Seal Script) is the formal script of the Qin system of writing, the informal script of which was precursor to the Clerical Script.
		Seal script is the oldest style that continues to be widely practiced.
		However, because seals act like legal signatures in Chinese culture and (to a lesser extent in modern times) Japanese culture, and because vermillion seal impressions are a fundamental part of the presentation of works of art such as calligraphy and painting, seals and therefore seal script remain ubiquitous.
	www.chinatownconnection.com /seal-script-calligraphy.htm (161 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Seal script
		This ancient style of Chinese writing is still often used in artist's seal (or chop) nowadays.
		There are two main types of seal scripts, the Dazhuan (大篆) or Great Seal script, and the Xiaozhuan (小篆;) or Small Seal Script.
		The Great Seal script is thought to have been systemised during the reign of the Zhou King Xuan (周宣公) in the form of zhouwen (籒文).
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Seal_script (340 words)

	Qing dynasty reign marks on Chinese Porcelain
		The 'seal script' is stylistically related to the interest in the archaic which not in this matter pre-dates the Yongzheng period, so I would personally feel uncertain about any seal script mark being older than the Yongzheng.
		Seal marks are often written in iron-red but under glaze blue or gilt can occur as well as incised, stamped or molded in relief.
		Seal marks from the period can also be written in a cartouche or with the seal broken up, and on the base of stem-cups written in a horizontal row from right to left.
	www.gotheborg.com /marks/qingmarks.shtml (1017 words)

	Scripts Styles and Changes - China Style
		Seal characters' feature is that strokes are carved in the round; however, the seal characters in inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells are mostly stiff and straight, because it is not easy to make a turn with the cutting edge of the tool in engraving.
		Jin Wen is the scripts carved on bronze wares during Shang (2100 B.C.-1600 B.C.) and Zhou dynasty (1600 B.C.- 221 B.C.).
		Chinese script unused today in China to serve the needs of society are kaishu (regular script) and xingshu (running script), but in the art arena zhen, cao, official script and seal character script compete with each other.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01780/painting-calligraphy/script-style.htm (1817 words)

	Chinese coins of the Northern Sung period.
		Obverse: "CHIH-HO YUAN-PAO" in seal and orthodox scripts.
		Obverse: "CHIH-HO T'UNG-PAO" in seal and orthodox script.
		Obverse: "CHIA-YU YUAN-PAO" in seal and orthodox script.
	www.calgarycoin.com /reference/china/china5.htm (8745 words)

	Basic Template
		Seal are carved by hand in stone, which makes it virtually impossible to create an identical copy of a seal.
		Seals are made out of various materials, usually stone, but also semi-precious stones (jade, crystals), ivory, wood etc. There is a very large range of stones for used for seal making.
		The size of the seal stone should be chosen to suit the size of the work it is to be used on.Here are a few pointers about the shape of the stone and its imprint.
	www.willsquills.com.au /ChineseSealStones.html (2035 words)

	Seal Education
		As time went on, the other script styles appeared one after another on Chinese seals, which may now be cut in any style except the cursive at the option of the artist.
		Chinese scripts are generally divided into five categories: the seal character (zhuan), the official or clerical script (li), the regular script (kai), the running hand (xing) and the cursive hand (cao).
		This script, often used in seals, is translated into English as the seal character, or as the "curly script" after the shape of its strokes.
	members.tripod.com /qi_heart/id7.html (2138 words)

	Eastern Summerhill Trading - Chinese Calligraphy
		The script is a beautifully languid style of calligraphy and is still used today in areas where formality is important, particularly in official seals.
		Although it lacks the constraints of the Official Script, it is not as liberal and unconstrained as the Cursive Script.
		In this way, the Official Script would be seen as marching, the Regular Script as walking, the Seal Script as riding in a horse drawn carriage, the Running Script as jogging and the Cursive Script would be seen as a mad scramble.
	www.easternsummerhill.com /calligraphies_details.aspx (1326 words)

	Ancient Chinese Seals - China Discovery - China Travel Information - China Tours
		This kind of seal script with an irregular and complicated structure was mainly used in the Warring States period (475-221BC).
		It is a kind of modification of seal script, which made characters in form of a bird, fish or insect.
		The Qin and Han seal characters were made by carving or casting; the Sui and Tang characters were carved in low relief; the Song seals have date marks; and the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing seal characters are mostly carved in Jiudie seal script with multiple and parallel strokes.
	www.china-tour.cn /discovery/arts-handicrafts/Ancient-Chinese-Seals.htm (999 words)

	Featured works menu
		A rare white jade scholar seal of 'mutton fat' quality; carved finial of a recumbent ox on a square plinth; carved seal in six-character seal script of Yin Shi Yu Bi Zhi Bao or the Treasure (painting or calligraphy) by the brush of Prince Yin; circa 1800 Qing dynasty; China.
		A rare pink and green tourmaline scholar seal with a water-buffalo finial reserved in watermelon tourmaline and the plinth in pink; carved chop in four-character seal script of Chun Gu Zhai Bao or the Treasure of Chun Gu (Spring Lotus-Root) studio; circa 1800; Qing dynasty; China.
		A rare Imperial ivory seal with superb openwork carving of dual writhing dragons amidst waves and clouds; carved six-character seal mark of Qianlong Yu Lan Zhi Bao or the Treasure(s) seen and approved by the Oianlong Emperor, usually seen on painting or calligraphy; 18th century Qing dynasty; China.
	www.shakris.com /categories/cseal.html (244 words)

	The Cultural Heritage of China :: The Arts :: Calligraphy :: Styles
		The Regular Script (楷書; kǎishū), often called Standard Script, is one of the last major calligraphic styles to develop, emerging between the Chinese Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period, gaining dominance in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and maturing in the Tang Dynasty.
		The Seal Script (篆書; zhuànshū), often called Small Seal Script, is the formal script of the Qín system of writing, the informal script of which was precursor to the Clerical Script.
		However, because seals act like legal signatures in Chinese culture, and because vermilion seal impressions are a fundamental part of the presentation of works of art such as calligraphy and painting, seals and therefore seal script remain ubiquitous.
	www.ibiblio.org /chineseculture/contents/arts/p-arts-c02s02.html (883 words)

	Chinese Script \| CHIN 110 \| Cultural Traditions of China
		Yet, because the clerical script was so much more convenient than the heavier seal forms, it gradually became more widespread, and in the Han, replaced seal script once and for all.
		The seal, clerical, standard, and cursive scripts are all used in the calligraphic tradition of China.
		For example, in seal script, the brush is kept the same distance from the paper, resulting in lines of even thickness.
	www.wellesley.edu /Chinese/Chin110/chinese_script.html (1371 words)

	Calligraphy - the five Chinese script forms
		It is generally divided into five scripts: the seal script (zhuanshu), the official or clerical script (lishu), the regular script (kaishu), the grass script (caoshu) and the running script (xingshu).
		L ishu (official script) was developed during the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) in an attempt to standardize writing throughout the empire.
		The final style, or xingshu (running script), lies somewhere between the kaishu (regular) and caoshu (grass) scripts in that at times the strokes are controlled and regular and at other times free and flowing.
	www.imperialtours.net /calligraphy.htm (442 words)

	Chinese Calligraphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There were actually numerous different styles of early seal script, essentially dialects of the written language, as the different enclaves of China at that time were culturally related, but not yet administratively linked.
		Seal script 篆書 (technically, later seal script 小篆書) was made by simplifying the earlier seal script.
		Commonly referred to as clerical script, I use the term scibe script (or scribes') because in English clerical can mean secretarial -- which is what this was -- or the clergy -- which this was not.
	members.tripod.com /gregbosco/chinesecalligraphy.html (1497 words)

	Chinese Seal Scripts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This Example of Seal Script was used on
		On the left is an example of Seal Script.
		These may be thought as in some sense "drawn," curvilinear, and with little variation in line thickness.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Culture/language-Seal-script.html (51 words)

	Chinese Calligraphy
		clerical script -this script evolved from seal script and was used for official purposes, especially for inscriptions on bronze vessels, stone monuments, and official documents during the Han dynasty.
		cursive script -cursive script, or grass style, is an abbreviated, quickly written script in which the structure of characters is altered from regular script to reduce the number of times the brush is lifted.
		seal script - this is an ancient script, seen in inscriptions on archaic bronze vessels.
	www.globaled.org /curriculum/china/photomontage/reading.htm (398 words)

	Wax Seal (Script-Fu Script)
		The script takes an rgb or grayscale image, painted in fl and white, and transforms it into something that looks like a wax seal (or plasticine).
		The border may not be too close to the bounds of the image, else the script will not function properly.
		Border Thickness: Thickness of a border of the seal.
	www.pvtnet.cz /www/pvt.benkovsk/gimp/wax-seal.html (409 words)

	Eri Takase - Custom Seal Designs - Japanese Calligraphy
		Seals are generally written using a style called Tensho which is commonly translated as "Seal Script".
		The seals in red (shown below) are seals used by Eri Takase in her work.
		It is placed in the upper right hand corner and has the effect of drawing the eye back to the middle of the work by offsetting the red seal in the lower left of the work.
	www.takase.com /MartialArts/SealDesign/SealDesign.htm (570 words)

	L'Asie Exotique - Current Feature: Chinese Scholar's Seals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The basic Zhuan scripts are the small seal script (Qin Dynasty) or the Han seal script (Han Dynasty).
		The Li script was the official written or clerical script of the Han Dynasty.
		Seals can be made from soft materials that are relatively easy to carve, such as wood, ivory, soapstone and horn.
	www.lasieexotique.com /cf_seals.html (696 words)

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