refern. | The curated art reference platform

View reference image


the image is of a page from a 16thcentury printed book. it contains the first page of phillip beroaldus's commentary on marcus tullius cicero's "tusculan disputations," a work of philosophy. the page is laid out in two columns with the beginning of the text in the left column. the first column is filled with an initial letter (p) with ornate blackletter decorations, and the text is set in blackletter type. the title and author are highlighted in blackletter. the right column contains the first section of the text, a description of the "tusculan disputations," by beroaldus. the text is printed in a smaller, more compact typeface.

Name:

Description:

Source: Pinterest

Tags:

Created by: surreal (@surreal)

Parent collection: Typography

Parent folder

Created at: 2024-09-17T07:50:32.339Z

Updated at: 2024-09-17T07:51:21.912Z


Image content

What is in the image: the image is of a page from a 16thcentury printed book. it contains the first page of phillip beroaldus's commentary on marcus tullius cicero's "tusculan disputations," a work of philosophy. the page is laid out in two columns with the beginning of the text in the left column. the first column is filled with an initial letter (p) with ornate blackletter decorations, and the text is set in blackletter type. the title and author are highlighted in blackletter. the right column contains the first section of the text, a description of the "tusculan disputations," by beroaldus. the text is printed in a smaller, more compact typeface.

WDTagged Character:

WDTagged Tags: text focus, english text, wall of text, no humans, web address