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Book/Printed Material La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha.

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Title

  • La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha.

Summary

  • The most important Renaissance writing manual, and the first to be conceived as a stand alone work that did not require additional personal instruction by a writing master. Arrighi manual can still be used as a resource in learning italic handwriting.

Names

  • Arrighi, Ludovico degli.
  • Carpi, Ugo da, 1480-approximately 1532.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Roma, 1522]

Headings

  • -  Penmanship
  • -  Alphabets
  • -  Lettering

Notes

  • -  Signatures: A-D⁴.
  • -  "Finisce la arte di scriuere littera sorsiua ouer cancellarescha. Stmpata in Roma per inuentione di Ludouico Vicentino, scritore. Cvm gratia & privilegio.": p. [32].
  • -  The plates were engraved by Ugo da Carpi. A breve of Pope Clemens VII of May 3, 1525, withdrew the privilege from Ludovico and transferred it to Carpi who subsequently published a new enlarged ed. under his own name.--Cf. Kristeller in Thieme-Becker, v. 6, p. 48.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 807
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy bound with the author's Il mode de temperare le penne. Roma, 1523.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-04-18 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [32] p. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z43.A3 L83 1522

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 66089550

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Arrighi, Ludovico Degli, Ugo Da Carpi, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha. [Roma, 1522] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/66089550/.

APA citation style:

Arrighi, L. D., Carpi, U. D. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1522) La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha. [Roma] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/66089550/.

MLA citation style:

Arrighi, Ludovico Degli, Ugo Da Carpi, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha. [Roma, 1522] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/66089550/>.