Champ fleury : au quel est contenu lart & science de la deue & vraye proportio[n] des lettres attiques, quo[n] dit autreme[n]t lettres antiques, & vulgairement lettres romaines proportionnes selon le corps & visage humain ...

Tory, Geoffroy, ca. 1480-ca. 1533 · 1529 · Vendre a Paris : ... [par Maistre Geofroy Tory de Bourges] ... et par Giles Gourmont ... · 87 pictures

Geoffroy Tory's 1529 Paris treatise on constructing Roman capitals by geometry and human proportion, printed for French scholars, printers and letter-cutters. Woodcuts pair each capital with its ruled square grid, compass circles and centre marks, alongside allegorical figures fitted to letterforms; designers can lift grid-and-circle construction diagrams, complete display alphabets, and Renaissance letter ornament.

Alphabets · Lettering · Proportion (Art) · French language

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