Author: Henry ShawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabets
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices
Author: Henry ShawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabets
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices (Classic Reprint)
Author: Henry ShawPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332144900
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Excerpt from The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices The greater number of our specimens having been taken from illuminated mss. A slight sketch of the origin and progress of that beautiful art, which prevailed in Europe from the fourth to the sixteenth century, is entitled to precedence. The art of applying colour to written documents seems to have had an eastern origin. The Egyptians were in the habit of rubricating their mss. And this practice may have passed to Greece and Rome, though no evidence of it exists in either country previous to the Christian era. In the rolls of Papyri, discovered at Herculaneum (written in the early half of the first cen tury), there is no trace of any ornament whatever, though we know from Ovid and Pliny that the Romans, long before the destruction of Pompeii, were ao customed to rubricate their mss. And adorn them with paintings. The process of laying on and burnishing gold and silver appears to have been familiar to the oriental nations from a period of remote antiquity; and, although there are no instances of its use in the Egyptian Papyri, yet it is not unreasonable to believe that the Greeks acquired from Egypt, or India, the art of thus ornamenting manuscripts, and probably conveyed it to the Romans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Dictionary Catalog of the University Library, 1919-1962
Author: University of California, Los Angeles. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
Alphabets, Numerals, and Devices of the Middle Ages
Author: Henry ShawPublisher: London : W. Pickering
ISBN:
Category : Alphabets
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Celtic and Medieval Alphabets
Author: Dan X. SoloPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400334
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Inspired by the calligraphy of the Middle Ages, this treasury of unusual fonts features Gothic typefaces such as Lowenbrau, Kaiser, and Hansa along with the lighter styles of Leipzig, Tory, and Hamburg. 53 fonts.
The Athenæum
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1636
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the University of Edinburgh ...: P-Z
Author: Edinburgh University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1376
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The Athenaeum
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1636
Book Description
Sotheran's Price Current of Literature
Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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