DS 2.0 Catalog

(Q45884)

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title as recorded
El arte de escrevir todas las formas i generos de letras; nuevamente compuesta Por el bachiller Alonso Martin del Canto, natural de la villa de Medina del Campo y abitante en la Universidad de Salamanca
standard title
El arte de escrevir todas las formas i generos de letras
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genre as recorded
Calligraphy--Spain--16th century
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calligraphy (visual works)
Spain
Sixteenth century
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Spain--1500-1550
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
Spain
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Penmanship manuals--Spain--16th century
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Penmanship manuals
Spain
Sixteenth century
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Writing books--Spain--16th century
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Writing books
Spain
Sixteenth century
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subject as recorded
Penmanship--Early works to 1800
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Penmanship
Early works
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Alphabets--Early works to 1800
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Alphabets
Early works
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Dated
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physical description
Extent: 148 leaves, bound : vellum ; 24 cm.
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note
The principal hand is italic but there are specimens of many others. Included in the second part are decorative and exotic alphabets and ciphers.
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Some specimens are signed and dated Salamanca 1544 (e.g., f. 22r, in mirror writing).
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Bound in 18th-century cat's paw sheepskin.
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In a tray case, 26 cm.
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Bookplate of Lady Frances Bentinck.
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Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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date added
23 July 2024
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date last updated
23 July 2024
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