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Filename:
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cc_csc0144_spira_2628.tif
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Identifier:
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cc_csc0144_spira_2628.tif
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Title:
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Digesti Novi
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Creator:
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Wendelin, of Speier, -1477?
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Creator:
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Saxoferrato, Bartolus de, 1314-1357
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Subject:
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Incunabula - Europe
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Subject:
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Books - History
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Subject:
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Type and type-founding - History
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Subject:
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Printing - History
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Summary:
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This folio leaf shows an example of early Venetian printing by Wendelin da Spira. The characters are old style roman in the classification of serif typefaces. The leaf also includes hand-written paragraph marks in red and blue ink.
Notes by Stephen O. Saxe: "Johann of Speier was one of the many Germans who established presses in Italy in the earliest days of printing. He started in Venice in 1469 and was granted a 5-year monopoly on printing in the city. He died the next year, however, his brother Wendelin printed Latin classics and the first books in the Italian vernacualr. The brothers' roman type still shows traces of manuscript models in the indecisiveness of certain letters, but it is an important step in the direction of type designed for printing alone."
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Publisher:
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Vindelino da Spira
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Date of Original:
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1471
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Date of Digitization:
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2020
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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book
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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leaf
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Dimensions of Original:
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44.3 x 29.7 cm.
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Language:
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Latin
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Original Item Location:
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CARCSC.0144
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Library Collection:
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Stephen O. Saxe Collection
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Digital Project:
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2020_0041_incunabula
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Place:
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Italy - Venice
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Rights:
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RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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