Arrighi's italic typeface design, c. 1523. The type is based on the Renaissance Italian handwritten script known as "cursiva humanistica". It inspired later French italic types.
Very little is known of the circumstances of his life. He may have started his career as a writing master in Venice, although this has been disputed.[1] Around 1510 he was a bookseller in Rome. He was employed as a scribe at the Apostolic Chancery in 1513. His experience in calligraphy led him to create an influential pamphlet on handwriting in 1522 called La Operina, which was the first book devoted to writing the italic script known as chancery cursive.[2] This work, a 32-page woodblock printing, was the first of several such publications.
He turned to printing in 1524 and designed his own italic typefaces for his work, which were widely emulated. His last printing was dated shortly before the sack of Rome (1527), during which he was probably killed.
Pandolfo Collenuccio, Apologi and Lucian, Dialogi, translated into Latin by Livius Guidoloctus, c. 1520, British Museum (now British Library), Royal MS 12 C viii
Two briefs, in Renaissance Handwriting, (Fairbank and Wolpe), pls. 16 & 17, (Attributed by Alfred Fairbank)
^Ogg, Oscar (1953). Three Classics of Italian Calligraphy. Dover Publications. p. 253. ISBN978-0-486-20212-9.
^Lawson, Alexander S. (1990). Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine. p. 84. ISBN978-0-87923-332-7.
^ abA. S. Osley, ed. (1966). Calligraphy and Paleography: Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank. October House. pp. 117–118.
External links
Free downloadable copy of the book with English translation as zipped .pdf
Identifont biography.
Specimen sheet.
Requiem typeface
Commentary on La Operina and italic script tutorials at Briem.net
La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
Il modo de temperare le penne con le uarie sorti de littere ordinato per Ludouico Vicentino From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
January 12, 2023
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Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi Cornedo Vicentino 1475 1527 was a papal scribe and type designer in Renaissance Italy Arrighi s italic typeface design c 1523 The type is based on the Renaissance Italian handwritten script known as cursiva humanistica It inspired later French italic types Very little is known of the circumstances of his life He may have started his career as a writing master in Venice although this has been disputed 1 Around 1510 he was a bookseller in Rome He was employed as a scribe at the Apostolic Chancery in 1513 His experience in calligraphy led him to create an influential pamphlet on handwriting in 1522 called La Operina which was the first book devoted to writing the italic script known as chancery cursive 2 This work a 32 page woodblock printing was the first of several such publications He turned to printing in 1524 and designed his own italic typefaces for his work which were widely emulated His last printing was dated shortly before the sack of Rome 1527 during which he was probably killed His letterforms were revived in the 20th century by designers such as Stanley Morison Frederic Warde Robert Slimbach for example Adobe Jenson italic and Jonathan Hoefler in his Requiem Text typeface The italic script presented in La Operina was also revived in the 20th century with Alfred Fairbank s book A Handwriting Manual 1932 Getty Dubay italic script and the work of Gunnlaugur SE Briem Contents 1 Works 1 1 Arrigi s Manuscripts and Books as known around 1966 1 1 1 Manuscripts 1 1 2 Printed books etc 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External linksWorks EditRegola da imparare scrivere varii caratteri de littere con li suoi compassi et misure in Italian Venezia Niccolo Zoppino 1533 Regola da imparare scrivere varii caratteri de littere con li suoi compassi et misure 1533Arrigi s Manuscripts and Books as known around 1966 Edit Manuscripts Edit Ludovico de Varthema Itinerario c 1510 Bibliotheca Nazionale Centrale Florence Cod Laudau Finaly 9 Valerius Maximus Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri 1515 16 private owner at 1966 Frank Allan Thompson at Stockholm Aristotle Ethica 1517 Universiteits Bibliotheek Amsterdam Gian Giorgio Trissino La Sophonisba fragmentary British Museum now British Library Add MS 26873 Book of Hours Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge MS J 156 Pandolfo Collenuccio Apologi and Lucian Dialogi translated into Latin by Livius Guidoloctus c 1520 British Museum now British Library Royal MS 12 C viii Two briefs in Renaissance Handwriting Fairbank and Wolpe pls 16 amp 17 Attributed by Alfred Fairbank Missale Romanum Kupferstichkabinett Berlin 78 D 17 Cicero Letter to Quintus British Museum now British Library Add MS 11930 List of benefactors of the Ospedale di San Giovanni in Laterano Archivio di Stato Rome MS 1010 attributed by Wardrop Niccolo Machiavelli Clitia c 1515 Colchester and Essex Museum EnglandSource 3 Printed books etc Edit Ludovico Vicentino La Operina 1522 digitized version Ludovico Vicentino Il modo de temperare de Penne 1523 4 pages of type Vincentino and Eustachio Celebrino Pope Clement VII Bulla contra homicidas dated Prid Idib Junii 1524 Blossio Palladio ed Coryciana Latin poems in honour of Jhann Goritz Protonotary Apostolic Vicentino and Lautizio July 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino La Sophonisha Vicentino and Lautizio July 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino Rime del Trissino Vicentino September 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino Oratione al Serenissimo Principe di Venetia Vicentino and Lautizio October 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino I ritratti Vicentino and Lautizio October 1524 J B Fuscano Al illustriss S don Loisi di Cordova duca di Sessa etc Vicentino and Lautizio October 1524 J B Fuscano Al disertiss cultor di Muse M Jano Vitale etc Vicentino and Lautizio October 1524 Pietro Aretino Esortatione de la pace tra l Imperadore e il Re di Francia Vicentino and Lautizio 25 December 1524 Agnolo Firenzuola Discacciamento de le nuove lettere etc Vicentino and Lautizio December 1524 C Silvanus Germanicus In Pontificatum Clementis Septimi pont max panegyris Vicentino and Lautizio 12 December 1524 Pope Clement VII Monitorium contra clericos super habitu et tonsura et aliis 2 December 1924 Gian Giorgio Trissino Al Reveren Mons Giovan Mattheo Giberti etc 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino Epistola de la vita che dee tenere una donna vedova Vicentino and Lautizio 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino Canzone al Santissimo Clemente settimo P M 1524 Gian Giorgio Trissino Epistola de la lettere nuovamente aggiunte la lingua italiana 1524 B Casalius In legem agrarium oratio Vicentino and Lautizio 1524 G Sauromanus Ad Principes christiannos de religione ac communt concordia 1524 G Vitale Iani Vitalis Panhormitani in pacem Hymnus 1524 25 Pietro Aretino Canzone in laude del sig Datario Vicentino and Lautizio 1525 Claudio Tolomei De le lettere nuovamente aggiunte Libro di Adriano Franci de Siena Intitolato il Polito Vicentino and Lautizio 1525 Aliquot Declamatiunculae et Orationes e Graeco in Latiunum versae Vicentino and Lautizio 14 January 1525 Z Ferrerius Hymni novi ecclesiastici Vicentino and Lautizio 1525 G Melezio Ioannis Meletii tragica Elegia ad Itaiam et Galliam infelices 28 Februari 1525 P Cursius Poema de civitate Castellana Faliscorum Vicentino and Lautizio 29 March 1525 G Borgia Ad Carolum Caesarem Opt Max Monarchia 1 April 1525 C Marcellus In Psalmum Usque Domine oblivisceris mei Vicentino and Lautizio 19 April 1525 F Cattani da Diacetto Panegirico 1926 Pandolfo Collenuccio Apologi IIII Vicento 1526 Pandolfo Collenuccio Specchio di Esopo Vicento 1526 pope Julius III Joannus Mariae Archipiscopi Sipontini ad Principes christinos oratio de pace Viceento 1526 Itinerarium Philippi Bellucii Vincento 1526 Pope Clement VII Perpetuatio officiorum etiam Romanae Curiae and other works Vicentino dated 1525 M F Calvo Antiquae urbis Romae cum regionibus simulachrum Vicentino April 1527 M H Vida De arte poetica etc Vicentino April 1527 Pope Clement VII Breve Cum nuper excercitus dated 8 June 1527Source 3 See also Edit From La Operina 1522 Typeface History of typographyNotes Edit Ogg Oscar 1953 Three Classics of Italian Calligraphy Dover Publications p 253 ISBN 978 0 486 20212 9 Lawson Alexander S 1990 Anatomy of a Typeface David R Godine p 84 ISBN 978 0 87923 332 7 a b A S Osley ed 1966 Calligraphy and Paleography Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank October House pp 117 118 External links EditFree downloadable copy of the book with English translation as zipped pdf Identifont biography Specimen sheet Requiem typeface Commentary on La Operina and italic script tutorials at Briem net La operina di Ludouico Vicentino da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress Il modo de temperare le penne con le uarie sorti de littere ordinato per Ludouico Vicentino From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ludovico 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