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When printing by movable type was invented, typefaces were based on the
handwriting styles of the time, and black letter, ... Lettre francoise is a cursive (
connected) black-letter style of script that was used in France during the Middle
Ages.
When printing by movable type was invented, typefaces were based on the
handwriting styles of the time, and black letter, ... Lettre francoise is a cursive (
connected) black-letter style of script that was used in France during the Middle
Ages.
Page 414
Late style and last years. Botticelli's late style — that is, his work of the last
decade of the 15th century and the first decade of the 16th — is difficult to define,
and its development is difficult to trace, in part because of the scarcity of fixed
dates as ...
Late style and last years. Botticelli's late style — that is, his work of the last
decade of the 15th century and the first decade of the 16th — is difficult to define,
and its development is difficult to trace, in part because of the scarcity of fixed
dates as ...
Page 648
Burgundian Romanesque style 648 for assistance against the Danes, who were
in possession of Nottingham. The armies of Wes- sex and Mercia did no serious
fighting, and the Danes were allowed to remain through the winter. In 874 the ...
Burgundian Romanesque style 648 for assistance against the Danes, who were
in possession of Nottingham. The armies of Wes- sex and Mercia did no serious
fighting, and the Danes were allowed to remain through the winter. In 874 the ...
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| Title | Encyclopedia Britannica |
| Editor | Robert MacHenry |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0852295537, 9780852295533 |
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