The Prüfening dedicatory inscription is a high medieval inscription impressed on clay which was created in 1119, over three hundred years before Johannes Gutenberg, by the typographic principle. The i
Prüfening dedicatory inscription. Its text was created by individual letter stamps.
Roman square capitals
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Roman square capitals, also called capitalis monumentalis, inscriptional capitals, elegant capitals and capitalis quadrata, are an ancient Roman form of writing, and the basis for modern capital lette
Prüfening dedicatory inscription
…cm wide, 41 cm high and 3 cm thick, with a crack running through its entire breadth. The sunk letterforms are the classical capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals. Copies are at display in several German museums, including the Gutenberg Museum at Mainz. The unusual sharpness of the inscription letters has long…
A drawing and photographed carving by Eric Gill of the "Trajan" capitals on the Column of Trajan
Inscription, 2nd to 1st century BC
Funerary inscription, circa 80 BC (CIL VI, 9499)
Close-up of the Lyon Tablet, a bronze tablet from after 48 AD