Item #378797 Visible words : a study of inscriptions in and as books and works of art / John Sparrow. John Sparrow.

Visible words : a study of inscriptions in and as books and works of art / John Sparrow

1969, First Edition. London: Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in slightly edge nicked dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Previous owners bookplate 'John Francis Ashby'. Item #378797
ISBN: 0521065348

Physical description: xvi, 152 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: I: The evolution of the inscription -- Definition -- Classical inscriptions -- Post-classical and mediaeval inscriptions -- Renaissance inscriptions -- Printed collections of inscriptions -- II: The inscription in Renaissance works of art -- The inscription in architecture -- The inscription in painting -- The inscription in monumental art -- III: The inscription as a literary form -- Prefatory -- Inscriptions for Machinae -- Inscriptiones Argutae -- Emanuele Tesauro -- The spread of the lapidary book -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- IV: Conclusion. Subjects: Inscriptions History. Inscriptions Histoire. Geschichte 1401-1700.

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