Title: Scribes and sources :
Authors: Osley, A. S.; Wolpe, Berthold.
Date: 1980
Publisher: Faber and Faber,
Physical description: 291 p. : ill., ports, facsims.; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Z
Contents: 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 Alcalá -- 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 Clément Perret -- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books -- Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate.
Notes: Texts translated from various languages.
Subject headings (LCSH): Calligraphy.; Penmanship--History--16th century.; Writing, Humanistic.; Writing, Italic--History--16th century.