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The Alphabet Book of Amos Lewis
- An Elizabethan Calligraphic Manuscript Revealed
Engelsk
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
96
ISBN-13:
9781898565208
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1898565201
Udg. Dato:
6 jun 2024
Størrelse i cm:
28,4 x 19,4 x 1,7
Oplagsdato:
6 jun 2024

The Alphabet Book of Amos Lewis

- An Elizabethan Calligraphic Manuscript Revealed
Engelsk
Hardback 2024
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This delightful manuscript, published in facsimile, was composed around 1585 by a clergyman in a bid for the patronage of an Elizabethan magnate, Sir John Petre. Modeled on printed writing books, German and French, it presents a profusion of scripts, accompanying decorated capital letters from A to Z. Its texts are eloquent on the value of learning. All is transcribed in print and, when needed, translated, including poems in English and Latin in which Amos Lewis, the creator, presses his case, reinforced by colorful Petre heraldry. The commentary unravels the Alphabet Book’s precursors and analyzes its ingredients, including a lively range of ornament. The first writing book published in London, in 1570, was by a Frenchman, Jean de Beau Chesne. Lewis’s manuscript is the first attempt at an original writing book by an Englishman. This signal rarity, virtually unknown hitherto, is a window into handwriting and education in the age of Shakespeare.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
96
ISBN-13:
9781898565208
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1898565201
Udg. Dato:
6 jun 2024
Størrelse i cm:
28,4 x 19,4 x 1,7
Oplagsdato:
6 jun 2024
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