Scibes 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 Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe.

Language: English

Published by Faber and Faber; London, Boston, 1980

057111315X / 9780571113156

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291 Seiten; Illustr.; 25,5 cm; fadengeh., goldgepr. Orig.-Leinenband mit illustr. OUmschlag. Gutes Exemplar; Umschlag mit minimalen Läsuren; Einband stw. minimal berieben. - Englisch. - In the past decade there has been a remarkable upsurge of interest in good handwriting and its more formal cousin, calligraphy, and in their origins. With the invention of printing in the fifteenth century, the writing-master came into his own: for the first time he was able to broadcast his models and instructions to the world in 'writing books' - which have been much admired for their beauty. Many have survived, the most important being written in Latin, Italian or Spanish, but few have been adequately translated. Scribes and Sources has fulfilled a long-standing need by providing translations of all the basic texts in a single volume with a detailed biographical and technical commentary. It is the first large-scale and systematic collection of its kind. The scene is set with descriptions of the social forces that led in the sixteenth century to the demand for trained secretaries to man the swelling bureaucracy in the chanceries and courts of Europe. After two dialogues on handwriting as seen through the eyes of the educationalists, Erasmus and Vives, the book is then devoted entirely to the writing-masters themselves and the way they taught the italic hand. The instructions of Tagliente, Vicentino (Arrighi), Palatino, Mercator, Hondius and Brun are given in full; there are substantial excerpts from Fanti, Cresci, Augustino da Siena, Yciar, Lucas, Madariaga and Juan de la Cuesta; and Pierre Hamon, Jacques de la Rue, Caspar Neff and Clement Perret are also discussed. A chapter by Berthold Wolpe on John de Beauchesne, author of the first English writing-book, and a full translation of the acrimonious debate between Cresci and Scalzini complete this absorbing book. (Verlagstext) / INHALT : List of illustrations ----- Preface ----- 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 Alcala ----- 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 Clement Perret ----- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate Selected Bibliography Index. ISBN 057111315X Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750.…

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Scibes 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 Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe.
Author
Osley, A(rthur) S(idney):
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Faber and Faber; London, Boston
Publication year
1980
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Gut
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Hardcover
Language
English
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9780571113156
Item weight
750 grams
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