Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.ST.016
Title
- Letterstempels romein 'Philosophie Romaine'
- Roman - Van den Keere's Small Pica Roman [70 mm]: punches
Creator
Hendrik van den Keere
Production date
1580
Description
23 kapitalen, 36 onderkastletters, 16 ligaturen of afkortingen, 7 accentletters, 2 cijfers, 7 leestekens en 1 eikel. De set bevat in totaal 92 stempels. Vroegst gekend gebruik: Plantin, 1580
Object name
stempel
Material
metal
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Documentation
- Hendrik D.L. Vervliet, Typographica Plantiniana: early inventories of punches, matrices and moulds in the Plantin-Moretus archives, 1960, p. 57
- Hendrik D.L. Vervliet, Sixteenth-century printing types of the Low Countries, 1968, p. 274-275: R31; fig. 209-211
- Hendrik D.L. Vervliet, Reproductions of Christopher Plantin's Index sive specimen characterum, 1567 and Folio specimen of c.1585 together with the Le Bé Moretus specimen, c.1599, 1972, p. 9, nr. 43