Hypnerotomachie
February 17, 2025
Bibliophiles 24 & Typography & Hieroglyphs
The meaning of hieroglyphs Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, ou discours du songe de Poliphile. Paris: Jacques Kerver, 1561. There were four
Tory 1549
February 17, 2025
Bibliophiles 24 & Typography & Divine proportions
The first translation of the Alcoran Geoffrey Tory, L’ art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques. Paris: for Vivant Gautherot, 1549.
De laudibus sancte crucis
February 16, 2025
Bible & Bibliophiles 24 & Typography
The Holy Cross Rhabanus Maurus, De laudibus sancte crucis. Pforzheim: Thomas Anshelm, 1503. Fol. Using examples from late Antiquity, Rhabanus