Scribes and sources : handbook of the chancery hand in the sixteenth century : texts from the writing-masters / selected, introduced and translated by A.S. Osley, with an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe
1980, 1st edition. London ; Boston : Faber and Faber. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #435618
ISBN: 057111315X
Physical description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: The background -- Humanists on handwriting: Erasmus and Vives -- A nobleman of Ferrara: Sigismondo Fanti -- "I, Giovannantonio Tagliente, employed by the most serene Republic of Venice ..." -- A Vatican scriptor: Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi -- Giovambattista Palatino: the man about town -- Two priests: Amphiareo and Augustino da Siena -- A conservative revolutionary: Giovan Francesco Cresci -- A successful partnership: Juan de Yciar with Juan de Vingles -- A philosopher of handwriting: Pedro Madariaga -- Francisco Lucas: creator of the Spanish bastarda -- Juan de la Cuesta of Alcalá -- Andres Brun and his coloured writing-sheets -- Gerardus Mercator: calligrapher and cartographer -- A man of many parts: Jodocus Hondius -- The French connection: Christopher Plantin, Pierre Hamon, Jacques de la Rue, and Clément Perret -- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books -- Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate. Subjects: Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Penmanship History 16th century. Writing, Italic History 16th century. Calligraphy Europe.
Price: €30.00