[51] Origin and Progress of Writing. London, 1803. 4to. Chapter ix.
[52] The cost-book of the Ripoli press contains several entries pointing to an early trade in type and matrices. In 1477 the directors paid ten florins of gold to one John of Mentz, for a set of Roman matrices. At another time they paid 110 livres for two founts of Roman and one of Gothic: and further, purchased of the goldsmith, Banco of Florence, 100 little initials, three large initials, three copper vignettes, and the copper for an entire set of Greek matrices.
- “Natio quæque suum poterit reperire caragma
- Secum nempe stilo præminet omnigeno.”
- “Natio quæque suum poterit reperire caragma
- Secum nempe stilo præminet omnigeno.”
1. THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES
[54] Unterweisung der Messung. Nuremberg, 1525. Fo.
[55] Champfleury. Paris, 1529. 8vo.
[56] Orthographia Practica. Caragoça, 1548. 4to.
[57] Both Testo and Glosilla subsequently became the names of Spanish type-bodies, the former being approximately equivalent to our Great Primer, and the latter to our Minion.