Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.ST.057
Title
- Letterstempels Syrisch 'Augustine Syriaque'
Creator
Robert Granjon
Production date
1569
Description
109 stempels. Robert Granjon sneed deze stempels in 1569 in opdracht van Plantin met het oog op de uitgave van de Biblia Polyglotta. Op 21 november van dat jaar ontving Plantin de stempels en de matrijzen.
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. 38
- 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. 11, nr. 90
- J.F. Coakley, The typography of Syriac: a historical catalogue of printing types, 1537-1958, 2006, p. 34-38, W3
- Hendrik D.L. Vervliet, Robert Granjon, letter-cutter, 1513-1590 : an oeuvre-catalogue, 2018, p. 62, 72, 88, 99 en 180, fig. 1