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Miscellaneous

  • Scholars have identified six different Greek typefaces found in Aldus Manutius' publications during his lifetime.[1]


Important

  • Pios an honorific bestowed on Manutius by Prince Alberto Pio of Carpi.[2]

Background of Venice before the Aldine Press

The Latin tradition became of interest to Italy in the 13th century with the Italian Renaissance beginning in the 14th century. The popularity of the Latin tradition grew into a school of thought that extended passed geographic location or political opinion. Soon Renaissance humanists aspired to also learn and read from Greek texts. The desire for Greek manuscripts led humanists to hunt down rare, unadulterated manuscripts. In May of 1468 cardinal Bessarion gave his collection of Greek and Latin manuscripts to St Mark's Basilica so students could access his collection.[3]

As the printing press arrived in Venice, ancient and rare manuscripts began to slowly disseminate throughout Italy.[4] However, Greek publications were rare because the script and font was difficult to turn into type. Greek letters were difficult to turn into publishing text because “the written language was beset by ligatures and contradictions in wild profusion, and the superstructure of accents and breathings that had inhered in the language since Hellenistic times made any typographical rendering technically as well as aesthetically difficult."[5] Latin script through the years had gone through a series of standardization which allowed for it to be turned into type of typically gothic or roman founts. The easy typography brought Latin texts to the forefront while Greek publications were infrequent.[6]

Homer, Theocritus, and Hesiod were the only Greek manuscripts to have been printed before the Aldine Press. Frenchman, Nicholas Jenson, a publisher before Manutius had some roman typefaces but overall dominated with his gothic founts [6].

Betsy Brannon Green

Betsy Brannon Green (born June 1, 1958) is a Latter Day Saint mystery/suspense novelist.

Biography

Green was born in Salt Lake City while her father was attending the University of Utah; however, Green has lived most of her life in the American South. Currently, she lives in Bessemer, Alabama a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.

Awards and honors

In 2010 she was nominated for a Whitney Award for her mystery–suspense novel, Murder by the Book.

Published works

  • Hearts in Hiding: a novel. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2001. pp. 299 pages. ISBN 1-57734-823-0.
  • Until Proven Guilty. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2002. pp. 348 pages. ISBN 1-59156-061-6.
  • Never Look Back. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2002. pp. 287 pages. ISBN 1-57734-982-2.
  • Above Suspicion. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2003. pp. 320 pages. ISBN 1-59156-310-0.
  • Don't Close Your Eyes. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2003. pp. 294 pages. ISBN 1-59156-188-4.
  • Silenced. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2004. pp. 303 pages. ISBN 1-59156-602-9.
  • Foul Play. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2004. pp. 278 pages. ISBN 1-59156-512-X.
  • Copycat. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2005. pp. 275 pages. ISBN 1-59156-920-6.
  • Poison. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2005. pp. 256 pages. ISBN 1-59811-037-3.
  • Christmas in Haggerty. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications. 2006. ISBN 1-59156-896-X.
  • Double Cross. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, Inc. 2006. pp. 290 pages. ISBN 1-59811-105-1.
  • Backtrack. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, Inc. 2007. pp. 306 pages. ISBN 1-59811-339-9.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Barolini 1992, p. 78.
  2. ^ Fletcher III 1988, p. 1.
  3. ^ Staikos 2016, pp. 1–6.
  4. ^ Staikos 2016, pp. 32–36.
  5. ^ Davies 1995, p. 10.
  6. ^ a b Davies 1995, pp. 5–13.

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