British Library Treasures in full webspace
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:20 am
The British Library webspace is as follows.
http://www.bl.uk/
There is a link to Treasures in full.
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/treasuresinfull.html
There are various sections, including one on Renaissance Festival Books.
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html
Clicking on the "The texts" link leads to the following page.
http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festiv ... earch.aspx
Clicking on the "Full list of books" link leads to the following page.
http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festiv ... kList.aspx
Clicking on a View link shows small pictures of the illustrations of pages available for each book.
There are many illustrations showing fonts in use.
One gem which I have found thus far is to follow the link to a book published in Liège which leads to the following page.
http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festiv ... rFest=0179
The Title page has a rather nice usage of what appears to be a single type ornament collection in an arabesque style.
Two levels of magnification are available.
At the http://www.bl.uk/treasures/treasuresinfull.html page there are various choices, including Shakespeare in Quarto.
There is much interesting typography. I am studying the ligatures that are being used. Many of them are long s ligatures.
William Overington
4 June 2008
http://www.bl.uk/
There is a link to Treasures in full.
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/treasuresinfull.html
There are various sections, including one on Renaissance Festival Books.
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html
Clicking on the "The texts" link leads to the following page.
http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festiv ... earch.aspx
Clicking on the "Full list of books" link leads to the following page.
http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festiv ... kList.aspx
Clicking on a View link shows small pictures of the illustrations of pages available for each book.
There are many illustrations showing fonts in use.
One gem which I have found thus far is to follow the link to a book published in Liège which leads to the following page.
http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festiv ... rFest=0179
The Title page has a rather nice usage of what appears to be a single type ornament collection in an arabesque style.
Two levels of magnification are available.
At the http://www.bl.uk/treasures/treasuresinfull.html page there are various choices, including Shakespeare in Quarto.
There is much interesting typography. I am studying the ligatures that are being used. Many of them are long s ligatures.
William Overington
4 June 2008