- Additional Authors
- Bringhurst, Robert.
- Description
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations.
- Uniform Title
- Scythe and the rabbit (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Scythe and the rabbit (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Parisian printing in the early sixteenth century : establishing an international idiom -- Origins of the French old-style : the roman and italic types of Simon de Colines -- Medicine, typography, and Renaissance ideals in early sixteenth-century Paris -- Sculpture under the microscope : a closer look at some sixteenth-century letterforms -- Duet for the design of letters : the work of Simon de Colines and Geofroy Tory -- The humanization of a medieval form : Geofroy Tory's and Simon de Coline's books of hours -- The phenomenon of the gros canon : the birth of roman display type in Renaissance Paris -- The intertwining strengths of Simon de Colines and his stepson Robert Estienne -- The Aldine hypothesis : appraising and reviving early Italian and French printing types.
- LCCN
- 2012015268
- OCLC
- ssj0001457858
- Author
Amert, Kay.
- Title
The scythe and the rabbit [electronic resource] : Simon de Colines and the culture of the book in Renaissance Paris / written by Kay Amert ; edited by Robert Bringhurst.
- Imprint
Rochester, New York : RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bringhurst, Robert.