Palatino, Giovanni Battista, active 16th century
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Name (Latin)
Palatino, Giovanni Battista, active 16th century
Other forms of name
Palatino, Giovanni Battista, 16th cent
Palatino, Giouanbattista, 16th cent
Palatinus, Joannes Baptista, 16th cent
Date of birth
1515
Date of death
1575
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Libro di M. Giouanbattista Palatino, 1548:
- Ferrari, L. Onomasticon (Palatino, Giovanni Battista; 16th cent.)
- NUC pre-1956 (Palatino, Giovanni Battista, 16th cent.)
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Houghton TypW 525.40.671 - Palatino, Libro nvovo, C3
Gioannit Battista (Giambattista) Palatino, Public domain
File:Cover Libro nuovo d’imparare a scrivere Giovanni Battista Palatino 1540.jpg
Giovanni Battista Palatino, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Giovanni Battista Palatino (c. 1515 - c. 1575), also known as Giambattista, was an Italian calligrapher. He was born in Rossano, Calabria, but moved to Rome as a young man. In 1538, Palatino acquired Roman citizenship, much to his pride. Palatino's Libro nuovo d'imparare a scrivere is the best-known Renaissance treatise on calligraphy. He dedicated it to the Academia dello sdegno (Academy of the Disdainful), of which he was secretary. As a calligrapher, Palatino was fascinated by ciphers and generally by the metamorphosis of the alphabet. The serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and released in 1948 was named after Giambattista Palatino.
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