Ferdinand I Font Friday
A fascinating article about calligraphy for the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, in the waning days of hand-lettered books, from Noor Al-Samarrai at Atlas Obscura. See a Dazzling, Exuberant Renaissance Calligraphy Guide A masterclass in script, illuminated with an array of curiosities.
Stamp of Approval: A Paper Snippet and the Spanish Inquisition
By Erik Kwakkel (@erik_kwakkel) from medievalfragments: This blog entry focuses on a book fragment I encountered in Leiden University Library earlier this week while studying twelfth-century material with my research team. As discussed in an earlier blog, after the invention of printing many handwritten books from the medieval period were cut up to be recycled […]