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Alphabets, geometrically constructed, textura and rotunda letters

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Open book Alphabets, geometrically constructed, textura and rotunda letters

Title Alphabets, geometrically constructed, textura and rotunda letters

Date 1480

Language Latin

Subjects Alphabets, Calligraphy, Lettering

Description Origin: Written in northern Italy, as indicated by the paper, in the 2nd half of the 15th century (approximately 1480).

Summary Italian gothic rotunda and northern gothic textualis letters geometrically drawn in black ink and filled with yellow on a square grid ruled in hard point, one letter per leaf. fol. 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v, 7v, and 8v blank. fol. 1v, 9v, and 10v, gothic capital letters in black with violet flourishes, cut from another sheet of paper and pasted into position. fol. 11v, roman square capitals A-T in pink and green, written on strips cut from another sheet and pasted in this codex.

Extent 11 leaves : paper ; 213 x 145 mm

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Call Number Wing MS ZW 141 .48

BibID 193317

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL16C8U