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The Phenomenon of the Gros Canon.

Authors :
Amert, Kay
Source :
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Jun2005, Vol. 99 Issue 2, p231-263. 33p.
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Focuses on the emergence of the earliest display roman, known by its size as a "gros canon", which was a phenomenon in most of the senses of the word in the history of topography. First use of gros canon in Paris, France in 1530 by the printer Robert Estienne; British type historian Stanley Morison's creation of the gros canon as part of a wave of Parisian interest in the types of the Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius; Historical evidence that substantiates each of the pieces within the chain of the logic.

Subjects

Subjects :
*ROMANESQUE fonts
*PRINTING

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0006128X
Volume :
99
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
17353165
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1086/pbsa.99.2.24295917