Accession number
PML 76945.6
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896.
Published
19th century.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Notes
"The letters, all lowercase, are drawn in red ink outline, then filled in with india ink. Many modifications of the Jenson face have been made, most generally in the addition of thicker serifs." (Needham, William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 71D, p. 123).
The fragmented text reads: sua ruina cipare uno / che lementi degli huomin / eglino possino rimunerar / do che epremii e sono alle u / fficulta non e appresso ed / iamo quegli premii.
The last word of the text - premii - appears only in red outline.
The fragmented text reads: sua ruina cipare uno / che lementi degli huomin / eglino possino rimunerar / do che epremii e sono alle u / fficulta non e appresso ed / iamo quegli premii.
The last word of the text - premii - appears only in red outline.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and ink in the hand of Sydney Cockerell: "Copy by William Morris of an enlarged photograph from Aretino's Historia Fiorentina 1476, made when he was designing the Golden type."
Provenance
Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Summary
Preliminary drawing after Emery Walker's photographic enlargements of text from Historia Fiorentina (Venice: Jacobus Rubeus, 1476).
Classification
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