The MG School of Latin Calligraphy celebrated its 20th Anniversary with a series of events starting in April of 2016.
A collection was created under the direction of Muriel Gaggini by the best artists of the school
to introduce cultural aspects of all 26 cantons of Switzerland in English and also using its four national languages:
German, French, Italian and Romansch
Fumiko Tsuneda 常田史子
History of the Swiss Flag, 20th century Gothic hand
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Maiko Yamada 山田麻衣子
Swiss Psalm in German, booklet, Gothic Bastarda
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Yukako Hosoi 細井有加子
Signification of the Swiss Flag, 20th Century Gothic
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Midori Matsura 松浦みどり
Swiss National Psalm, booklet, Gothic Bastarda Hand
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Shizu Hirata 平田志津
Confederatio Helvetica, the Latin name of Switzerland
Celtic work
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Reiko Omachi 大間知礼子
Cantique suisse, booklet, Gothic Bastarda
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Mizue Fujimatsu 藤松瑞恵
Swiss National Day, Gothic textura
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Reiko Omachi 大間知礼子
Alp flowers, 12th century Romanesque
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Risa Mori 森里紗
The history of the cuckoo clock, Rotunda
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Yuko Rinoie 李家裕子
Leisure and sports in Switzerland, Rotunda
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Risa Mori 森里紗
The uniform of the Swiss guards at the Vatican
Roman square capitals
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Reiko Omachi 大間知礼子
Swiss cuisine, Gothic bastarda
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Chisako Akagi 赤木千佐子
Canton of Aargau: Jura park, Uncials
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Yumiko Saito 齋藤祐深子
Aargauer Rueblitorte, recipe of carrot cake, Gothic textura
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Seima Norimatsu 乗松清馬
Canton of Appenzell Inner Rhoden, Direct voting system, Insular minuscules
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Mizue Fujimatsu 藤松瑞恵
Canton of Appenzell
Ausser Rhoden, New Year Festival: Silvesterchlausen
Insular minuscules
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Yukako Hosoi 細井有加子
Canton of Appenzell Ausser Rhoden
Miniature painting and Italic hand
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Fumiko Tsuneda 常田史子
The History of Bern, canton and capital of Switzerland, Gothic bastarda
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Takako Yokoohji 横大路恭子
Canton of Bern: Rodolphe Lindt, inventor of the conche mixer
12th century Romanesque
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Yasco Nagashima 長嶋泰子
Canton of Bern, Gstaad
Miniature painting and 20th century Gothic hand
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Midori Matsuura 松浦みどり
Canton of Basle: Hypokras, the spirit of the middle ages
Gothic bastarda hand
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Seima Norimatsu 乗松清馬
Canton of Basle: the Hypokras spiced wine
Gothicized Italic hand
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Maiko Yamada 山田麻衣子
The carnival of Basle city, 12th century Romanesque hand
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Mieko Ueyama 上山美絵子
Canton of Basle: carnival onion soup
12th century Romanesque hand
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Muriel Gaggini
The Basle carnival: flutes and drums, Italic hand on vellum
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Reiko Omachi 大間知礼子
Canton of Fribourg: Alpine horn melody of herdsmen
, Uncial hands
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Muriel Gaggini
The coat of arms of the City of Fribourg,
20th century Gothic hand on vellum
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Muriel Gaggini
The history of the coat of arms of Geneva
Gothicized Italic hand
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Noriko Sato 佐藤紀子
Canton of Geneve: Jacques Necker, politician.
Humanistic hand
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Akiko Okada 岡田晶子
Canton of Glarus: history of its coat of arms, Insular minuscules
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Yoshiko Seki 関佳子
Canton of Grisons: the Engadine river
Miniature painting and uncials
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Maiko Yamada 山田麻衣子
Canton of Grisons: the story of Heidi, Gothic textura hand
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Yasco Nagashima 長嶋泰子
Graubuenden: Chantun Grischun, coat of arms, uncial hand
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Shizu Hirata 平田志津
Canton of Jura: proverb, Rotunda hand
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Yoshiko Seki 関佳子
Jura cantonal hymn: Romanesque hand
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Yukako Hosoi 細井有加子
Canton of Jura: proverb, Rotunda hand
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Mayumi Inoue 井上麻由美
Canton of Lucern: The Chapel Bridge, Romanesque hand
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Miyako Shimizu 清水ミヤ子
Canton of Neuchatel: the museum
of horlogery, Romanesque hand
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Shizu Hirata 平田志津
Canton of Neuchatel: Absinthe liquor, Insular minuscule
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Aiko Hino 日野愛子
Presentation of the Canton of Nidwalden: Insular majuscules
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Maiko Yamada 山田麻衣子
Canton of Obwalden: the Engelberg Monastery, Insular minuscules
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Aiko Hino 日野愛子
The emblems of the Canton of St. Gallen
Celtic letters and interlaces
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Michiko Fujii 藤井道子
The Canton of St. Gallen: Traditional embroidery
Insular majuscules
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Kotoko Terada 寺田言子
Canton of Schaffhausen: the Rhine falls
Insular majuscules and Celtic decorations
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Midori Matsuura 松浦みどり
Canton of Solothurn: presentation of its capital, 20th century Gothic
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Fumiko Tsuneda
Canton of Schwiz: William Tell, 12th century Romanesque
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Kotoko Terada 寺田言子
Canton of Schwyz
: the Abbey of Eisieldeln, compressed hand
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Mieko Ueyama 上山美絵子
Canton of Thurgau, the lake of Huttwiler
miniature painting & copperplate
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Yuko Rinoie 李家裕子
Canton of Thurgau: Carl Jung, uncials
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Michiko Fujii 藤井道子
Canton of Ticino: proverb, Swiss uncials
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Noriko Sato 佐藤紀子
Canton of Ticino: the song of the cuckoo
Carolingian minuscule
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Yasco Nagashima 長嶋泰子
Canton of Ticino: Chestnut festival, compressed hand
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Yuko Rinoie 李家裕子
Canton of Uri: William Tell, 12th century Romanesque
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Hiroko Menjo 毛受普子
Canton of Vaud: its vineyards, its coat of arms, Humanistic hand
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Seima Norimatsu 乗松清馬
Canton of Vaud: Henry Guisan, Rotunda
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Fumiko Tsuneda 常田史子
Canton of Valais: Zermatt and the Matterhorn, Uncials
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Muriel Gaggini
Canton of Zug: cherries, Gothicized Italic
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Aiko Hino 日野愛子
Canton of Zurich: its capital city
Gothicized Italic
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Reiko Omachi 大間知礼子
Canton of Zurich: Bircher-Muesli
20th century Gothic
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以上の皆さんは駐スイス日本大使館より感謝状を授与されました。
おめでとうございます
Every artist received a Certificate of Appreciation
from the Embassy of Japan in Bern
Thank you everyone for this beautiful collection
strenghthening the cultural relations between Japan and Switzerland
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