DS 2.0 Catalog

(Q46322)

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title as recorded
Penmanship specimen book
standard title
Penmanship specimen
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instance of
DS 2.0 Record
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genre as recorded
Penmanship specimen books--Italy--16th century
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Penmanship specimen books
Italy
Sixteenth century
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Calligraphic drawings
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calligraphic drawings
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1550-1600
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
Italy
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Drawings--Italy--16th century
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Drawings
Italy
Sixteenth century
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language as recorded
In Latin and Hebrew
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Latin
Hebrew
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dated
Non-dated
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physical description
Extent: 1 v. (34 leaves) ; ill. : 21 x 31 cm.
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material as recorded
ill.
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note
The specimens, on the rectos only, are of inscriptional texts in Latin, individual letters, and alphabets, in black, red, and gold ink. Ff. 4 and 5 are Hebrew.
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Ff. 8-25 are specimens of individual letters made of pen-flourishes, some incorporating calligraphic drawings.
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F. 33r contains four landscape drawings in ink.
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Probably Italian. The date is according to J. Wardrop (inscription on flyleaf).
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Bound in contemporary limp vellum, gilt.
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In a tray case, 23 cm.
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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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