Highlights
Ancient Seal Scripts Gathered and Handwritten by Heo Mok
- Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Paper - Mulberry Paper
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Character - album of great calligraphy
- Dimensions
22.7x34.5cm
- Designation
Treasure 592
- Accession Number
Sinsu 10612
Heo Mok (許穆, 1595-1682), a Neo-Confucian member of the literati, a politician, and an artist of the mid-Joseon Dynasty, was also a noted calligrapher. He deeply scrutinized the ancient Chinese style of calligraphy known as “seal script,” whence he eventually developed his own unique style. This book handwritten by him contains ancient seal scripts gathered from many kinds of epigraph according to their rhymes. This can therefore be called a dictionary of ancient seal script.