Newberry Library - Manuscrit de J. Midolle, artiste, ecrivain, compositeur et démonstrateur

Title Manuscrit de J. Midolle, artiste, ecrivain, compositeur et démonstrateur

Date Created 1833-1836

Subjects Alphabets, Calligraphy, Manuscripts, French

Description Several specimens, including leaves [13]v, [16]r, [30]r, and [36]r, published in Spécimen des ecritures modernes ... / éxécutées à la plume par Jean Midolle. [Strasbourg] : Gravées sur pierre et publiées 1a la Lithographie de Fc. Emile Simon Fils a Strasbourg, 1834-1835.

Summary Album of writing samples by the Swiss artist and calligrapher Jean Midolle, produced between 1833 and 1836, possibly in Strasbourg. Specimens, many signed and dated by Midolle, consist principally of alphabets, number series, and religious texts written in different calligraphic styles on heavy paper, which have then been affixed to the leaves of the album. Although many samples are done in black ink, others are done more elaborately with decorations and backgrounds in various colors. For example, the religious texts in Latin, including the Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria, and Salve Regina, are scripted in a gothic hand in red and black, and brilliantly illuminated in a medieval style. Many of the alphabets are labelled with titles such as "Gothique Scandinave," "Gothique nouvelle," "Gothique Möyen Age," "Chancellerie," "Grec gothique," "Fracture," and "Lapidaire fleuroonnée." Midolle also includes illustrations of different pen nibs, with samples of the kind of writing they produce; drawings of architectural details embellished with calligraphic decoration; and samples of sign lettering.

Extent [57] leaves, bound : ill. (hand col.) ; 22 x 31 cm

Format Calligraphy (visual works)

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Wing MS 146

BibID 176062

IIIF Resource Type Manifest

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZPBBXXU

Filename wing_ms_146

Unique identifier NL112WTV

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