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I have posted new detailed images of the type from the famous book "Hypneroromachia" on flickr.
Posted by ebensorkin in
1 May 2008 — 2:16am
1 May 2008 — 2:16am
I have posted new detailed images of the type from the famous book "Hypneroromachia" on flickr.
Here is the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebensorkin/sets/72157604825884265/
Here is a cropped sample
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1 May 2008 — 2:55am
Thank you, Eben, I love these samples. - Is this the actual colour of the paper? And if it is, do you this the paper has darkened over the centuries?
And another question: Did I see right that the pages are not - in German it is called "registerhaltig" - the lines on the front and the back of the page do not correspond?
1 May 2008 — 3:50am
The paper color is far from exact. Sorry! I think the paper is of high quality so it may have darkened a bit but overall I would say they are holding up remarkably well.
I did not look for registerhaltig being present or not. But it's a good question. I will see if I can tell and if not I will look again the next time I am near one of these.
1 May 2008 — 6:02pm
Awesome, thanks Eben. Interesting stuff about the different shapes of the same letters. When was the book produced?
1 May 2008 — 10:15pm
1499
2 May 2008 — 8:59am
1499? Fantastic! That's old!
Sorry, but my knowledge of books doesn't extend much beyond my Architecture and Art library.
After some further reading about Hypnerotomachia, seems that monks had a clever way of getting their name out...
"While the authorship of this book remains a mystery, it is generally believed to be the work of Francesco Colonna, a Dominican monk who lived in Venice. Colonna's name is revealed in the book by taking the first letter of each of the 38 chapters to spell out 'Poliam frater Franciscus Columna peramavit', meaning 'Brother Francesco Colonna loved Polia tremendously'."
...now I'm wondering if monks had their own code?
2 May 2008 — 12:31pm
Yes, speculating about the Hypnerotomachia has been great sport for a long time.