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Bâtarde Handwriting and Roman Typeface Examples Composite Image
Burgundian bâtarde handwriting is on the left, Caxton's roman type is on the right
Homērou Ilias, volume 1, pages 47 verso and 48 recto
A page from the Works of Homer.
Type Specimen Sheet
Type Specimen Sheet. A rare specimen sheet showing type based on Arrighi's italic hand.
De evangelica praeparatione, unnumbered page detail
The first type to be consciously designed according to typographical ideals.
Homērou Ilias, volume 1, unknown page detail
A page from the Works of Homer.
Type Specimen Sheet, detail
Type Specimen Sheet. A rare specimen sheet showing type based on Arrighi's italic hand.
Epistole CCCLXVIII, unnumbered page detail
The first appearance of a printed italic letter form occurs in this book.
Textura Handwriting and Gutenberg Typeface Examples Composite Image
Type face examples: Textura (or Gothic) handwriting detail on the left, Gutenberg's Bible detail on the right.
Biblia Latina, 42 lines, Ruth 1.1-4.22 fragment, unnumbered page
Translation of title: Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454
Biblia Latina, 42 lines, Ruth 1.1-4.22 fragment, unnumbered page detail
Translation of title: Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454
Geometry of Humanism: Albrecht Dürer and the Roman Capital Letter Form
Announcement of a lecture by David Pankow at Butler Library, Columbia University
