Prato Fiorito de Scrittori di Michele Richier di Lorena
22 plates from a writing book after the French writing master Michele Richier, published in Rome in 1626. Several plates contain sample texts in different calligraphic scripts, while others show full alphabets in miniscules and majuscules. The last 11 plates are dedicated to the proportional composition of Luca Pacioli's Roman alphabet with two letters to a plate.
Artwork Details
- Title: Prato Fiorito de Scrittori di Michele Richier di Lorena
- Engraver: Camillo Cungi (Italian, ca. 1597–1649 (active Rome and Genoa),)
- Artist: After Michele Richier (French, active Rome 1626)
- Date: 1626
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (12.6 × 21.4 cm) [prints are cut within plate mark and vary in size]
- Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
- Object Number: 47.79.1(42-63)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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