A Roman inscription on Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio
By: essay by Russell Maret ; photography by Annie Schlechter
Contributors: Schlechter, Annie
Publisher: Russell Maret
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Church buildings; Decoration; Latin Inscriptions; Artists' books; Specimens; SS. Giovanni e Paolo (Basilica : Rome, Italy)
Description: Take a close look at the magisterial c.1150 inscription on the porch of Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio in Rome. Though typically consigned to the dark fringes of Roman lettering, the inscription on Giovanni e Paolo offers a refreshingly non-Imperial articulation of Roman-ness in the lively variety of its 133 letters. The text is set in the {uFB01}rst versions of my Texto Portuguez and Lisboa Italic types and printed on Mohawk paper. Embellished with a transcription and translation of the inscription, drawings of letters, a map of Rome, and photographs of every letterform. Number 2 in the series Swan and Hoop.
Notes: "A Roman Inscription was designed and printed letterpress by Russell Maret. The photographs were taken by Annie Schlechter and printed in duotone by Artale Graphics. The types are Texto Portugez, Lisboa Italic, and Saturn, all of which were designed by Russell Maret. The text paper is Mohawk Superfine and the cover paper is Canson Mi Tientes. The book was bound by Book Lab II. The text was edited by Susan Schlechter."--Colophon.

An edition of 226.

Rare Book copy: No. 7; signed.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English with Latin passages.