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La.III.522: Specimens of calligraphic styles of writing, 1570-1624 (approximate)
Item
Identifier: La.III.522
Scope and Contents
MS La.III.522 is a composite manuscript of late-sixteenth and/or early-seventeenth century pieces of calligraphy, assembled by a later collector. The bulk of the manuscript is a combination of two different calligraphic alphabets with sample-texts, which follow the aspect and structure of early-modern writing-books. One of these decorative alphabets is composed of gothic, knotwork intials, while the other is structured by Roman capital letters against backgrounds of delicate, swirling vines....
Dates:
1570-1624 (approximate)
Research materials concerning Richard von Hertwig and Emile Maupas, 1930s-1990s
File
Identifier: Coll-1255/7/6
Scope and Contents
Contains an obituary of Richard von Hertwig, photocopies of articles (in French) concerning Emile Maupas, illustrative plates of Paramecia and some handwritten notes.
Dates:
1930s-1990s