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Page from a breviary of 1497, printed with a texture letter.

Collaciebroeders (drukker/printer)
year: 1497

type: boek
book
detail: nee
related terms: textura's gotische letters lettertypen brevieren incunabelen
period: 15e eeuw
classification:
C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift

contents: In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the textura was the letter most commonly used for printing in the Netherlands. This is an example of a textura in the style designed at the end of the fifteenth century by Henric Lettersnider.

origineel:
source: Breviarium Traiectense - Gouda: Collaciebroeders, 18 nov. 1497.
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 170 E 32 of I 424

©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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