Notice Typefaces
BaTyR n°37108
Rotunda sur corps de Philosophie (76 mm.) d'Erhard Ratdolt
Author : Rémi Jimenes
Source : Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ)
Description
Style
Rotunda (Gothic)
Description
Caractère employé par Ratdolt à Venise en 1480.
Body-size
Traditionnal body-size name
Philosophie
20-lines measurement
76
Capital height
2.9
x-height
2.0
ph-height
3.4
Key letters
"The capitals are simple and unembellished except for letter I, which follows the usual shape of Venetian rotundas for this letter." (R. Olocco)
People
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Owner / User of equipment, Printer
References
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Typenrepertorium der Wiegendrucke (TW), ma00397
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Olocco (Riccardo), Ratdolt's Index Characterum. The Earliest known type specimen, Francfurt-am-main, Poem, 2020, n° 7
Occurence
1 occurrence
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB-Ink R-14
Occurence 59916
To cite this notice
Base de Typographie de la Renaissance, notice n°37108, http://batyr.univ-tours.fr/en/caractere/37108/. Consulté le 24 April 2025
