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Matrice, part of A Tree in the Wood, an extensive display of works by Giuseppe Penone throughout the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The first version of the matrices were transparant with a black layer on top of it. The second version is black.
The Französische Antiqua typeface that Genzsch & Heyse and their E.J. Genzsch subsidiary sold was cast from matrices acquired from Paris. The French name for the original typeface is Série 16, produced at Laurent et Deberny. The original Série 16 punches were cut by Constant Aubert and Auguste Aubert. The site showing Berthe, ABYME’s revival of Série 16 mentions Jan Tschichold’s recommendation of the typeface in Die Neue Typografie:
“To my mind, looking at the modern romans, it is the unpretentious work of the anonymous type-designers that have best served the spirit of their age: Sorbonne, Nordische Antiqua, Französische Antiqua, and so on. These three typefaces and their derivatives are the best designs from the pre-war period. They are easily legible; they are also above all in a technical sense useful and free from personal idiosyncrasies – in the best sense of the word, uninteresting.”
Jan Tschichold, The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designers [1928] (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1998), p 76.
As an aside, I find it rather funny that none of the typefaces Tschichold named in that passage are anonymous works. We know the designers for each of them.
These Französische Antiqua pages are scanned from E.J. Genzsch’s 1902 catalog. In the 1920s, Genzsch & Heyse reissued their Französische Antiqua under the name Fridericus-Antiqua. Letterform Archive has two Fridericus-Antiqua brochures in its online archive, which you can see here and here.
The first matrices were made of transparent plastic with a black top layer. The silk screen ink was printed on top of the black layer. In the second set of type the plastic was full black.
The fabrication above is another idea from the past, just after we designed the original foundry matrix holder, the “Mark 1”. Back then, there was an interesting font of English Linotype matrices floating around town. At the last commercial Lino shop in Toronto, or at least the last one I knew about, on Ossington Street, there was a font of English Linotype 12 pt. Pilgrim. Designed by Eric Gill, it is a light face with great subtleties and a nice resemblance to Gill’s Perpetua, I believe in the same manner that many of Goudy’s faces are recognizable when seen together. These mats were owned by Bill Morgan of Lunar Caustic Press.
I had just completed a long run of 18 pt. Perpetua in foundry metal (12% Tin and 24% Antimony) and the possibilities encouraged the development of a simple Linotype matrix holder for my Mark 1 design. The holder was tool steel ground down to be exactly as thick as the matrix was wide. Holes would be bored in a 12 pt. Monotype mould to clear the ears of the Lino mats so no alteration would be needed. I was told the English Linotype mats had a deeper drive than the 0.043” depth of American Linotype, so the type cast could be milled down to size. However, Bill passed away, the Lino shop closed, the mats were sold, and that was the end of that.
Shown above is the holder and one chrome plated Lino mat for experimentation purposes. The above Lino holder would slip into the original foundry holder, see below.
Piazza Durante è dominata dalla chiesa parrocchiale, intitolata a San Giuseppe, patrono della cittadina. La chiesa originaria venne eretta nel XVIII secolo, quando fungeva da filiale della Matrice San Teodoro di Gallodoro. Distrutta in seguito al violento terremoto del 1908, la chiesa fu momentaneamente accolta in una struttura in legno costruita dove oggi sorge l'Istituto comprensivo. Il nuovo edificio fu inaugurato solennemente il 19 marzo 1931, giorno della festa di san Giuseppe.Di pregiata fattura gli affreschi che adornano il tetto. I mosaici, eseguiti dalla ditta Eredi di Michele Mellini, rappresentano nell'abside centrale Cristo risorto tra Maria e Giuseppe (1981), i Sette Sacramenti (1992) e la Pentecoste (1996). All'interno della chiesa sono custoditi L'agonia di San Giuseppe (un dipinto, olio su tela, di Franciamore del 1878 donato alla chiesa dal prof. Francesco Durante, restaurato nel 2005) ed un dipinto del '700 raffigurante La Pietà.
Letojanni is a comune (municipality), and coastal resort in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 km east of Palermo and about 32 km southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,634 and an area of 6.8 km².Letojanni borders the following municipalities: Castelmola, Forza d'Agrò, Gallodoro, Mongiuffi Melia, Taormina.Main economic activities are agriculture and fishing. Products mostly cultivated are corn, olives, wine-grapes, almonds, lemons, mulberries, fruit. Interesting is the yearly manifestation "Agosto a Letojanni" (August at Letojanni) in which the festival of fish and water-melon and the parade of the Sicilian cart take place. It is also to underline the strong inclination of territory to tourism. In fact in the place there is a good receptive offer both hotel and camping supplied with facilities fit to receive very many tourists especially during summer.The etymology of Letojanni is a mixture of Latin and Arabic. The place-name derives in fact from Latin Laetum,that is "rich", and from Arabic Ayn, that means "spring". There are not many information about origin of the little town but it is known that until half of the XVIII century it has been under the jurisdiction of Gallodoro town. In the XIX century it was involved in a high economic increase and in 1880 it gained administrative equality with Gallodoro. The earthquake of 1908 damaged some of its buildings later rebuilt. In 1952 it became an independent commune. The most interesting monuments are the Parish Church in neogothic style, rebuilt in 1929 and keeps inside a beautiful picture of Piety of 1700. An important figure original of Letojanni is the famous surgeon Francesco Durante (1844-1934), who was teacher of surgery of the joints and bony at the University of Studies of Roma and he was together with Guido Baccelli founder of the General hospital of Roma and finally he was also named senator of the Reign.
Letojanni è un comune italiano di 2.760 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.Distante 32 km da Messina e 45 km da Catania, la cittadina fa parte del comprensorio turistico di Taormina.Sino alla metà dell'Ottocento Letojanni fungeva da marina, o borgo dei pescatori, del comune di Gallodoro; la costruzione di una strada provinciale e successivamente della ferrovia favorirono lo sviluppo del borgo, al punto che nel 1879 la sede comunale fu trasferita da Gallodoro a Letojanni, e il comune prese il nome di Letojanni-Gallodoro. Nel 1952 le due località furono separate..Ricco di infrastrutture alberghiere in estate ospita innumerevoli turisti
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Quand je regarde cet alignement gigantesque de murs de verdure qui se veulent labyrinthe et voyage toujours renouvelé, et considérant la nature holographique de la matrice dans laquelle nous sommes insérés et constamment recyclés, je vois aussi d'autres labyrinthes, d'autres espaces étranges.
J'entends le souffle court et halluciné de Jack Nicholson dans le "Shining" de Stanley Kubrick. Je le vois assis et finalement pétrifié par le gel et la folie furieuse dans un des recoins de cet espace tortueux. J'entends les cris de la démence torturante explosant à grands coups de hache quelque massive porte en bois au dernier étage d'un hôtel de terreur. Je l'entends crier et hurler, les yeux exorbités et le visage dégoulinant de sueur sous les efforts. je l'entends dire : "Chérie, c'est moi !!!"
When I look at this gigantic alignment of green and vegetal walls which are labyrinth for a continuous and adventurous journey, and considering the holographic matrix where we live and are endlessly recycled, I see, sense and perceive other labyrinths, other weird and chilling vegetable mazes.
I hear and see the shortness of breath and the hallucinated face of Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" (Stanley Kubrick's movie). I see him sitting against a green wall and into the snow, finally petrified by frost and utter and enraged folly in some corners of this torturous and frightening space. I listen to the shouts and screams of hysteric dementia and imploding madness, exploding a massive wooden door with the help of a gigantic axe in some top floor of a nightmarish and terrifying hotel. I hear him yelling and shouting, his eyes bulging with inundating sweat on his face while working on the door. I hear him say: "Honey, it's me !!!"
One of the more interesting typefaces in the world is the "printer's fist" (pointing hand). It may be found type catalogs in departments called "miscellaneous matrices", "dingbats", "references", etc. They may also be called "index", "fist", "hand" or "pointer".
Where does this printer's hand originate, how many different kinds are there, is it attached to a sleeve, is it left or right handed, a man's or a woman's? This is an informal inventory -- keen art students are hereby invited to research the matter in more detail. (Piet Schreuders, 1987)
First published in "TYP (Typografisch Papier)" #C, November, 1987, pp 10-11
This Hadego cabinet stores the type drawers for the black plastic matrices. The Hadego system (invented in 1948 in Haarlem) is in the printing museum in Meppel. The Hadego system uses 2 optical sizes and has roman and italic mats.
McGrew identifies this face as Tuscan Floral, cautions that the design differs among sizes and attributes it to Caslon in 1854.¹ His likely source, Nicolette Gray, notes that this sheet of Caslon’s c1854 catalog was “stuck in.”²
The earliest specimen personally examined appears in the 1847 catalog of Eduard Hænel (Berlin). Friedrich Bauer explains that Hænel purchased matrices of trendy roman designs from leading TFs in Great Britain and France.³
Since the German example significantly precedes the one documented by Gray, one must conclude that it was imported from France as proposed by Bullen.⁴ Ooooo-la-la! Such delicate, whispy lines surely l-o-o-k très français, n’est pas?
McGrew adds that the specimen illustrated in his monograph was recut from a face by Conner.¹ Indeed, varying sizes of the same face were also shown by the Boston (1860) and Farmer (1867) TFs.
In his biography of punch-cutter Harrison T. Lounsbury, William E. Loy writes that he engraved a version titled Ornamented No. 1041 for the Bruce TF.⁵ It was shown in the 1969 catalog (earliest of this period available).
This letterpress typeface has been digitally archived for posterity.
More about THP revival projects: forums.typeheritage.com/status/
More cool undigitized fonts: forums.typeheritage.com/undigitized/
More updates of Nicolette Gray’s research of 19th-century type trends in Great Britain: forums.typeheritage.com/gray-chart/
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¹McGrew, M. (1993): American Metal Types of the Twentieth Century (Second, Revised Edition), page 344. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE.
²Gray, N. (1938): XIXth Century Ornamented Types and Title Pages, page 201. Faber and Faber Limited, London.
³Bauer, Friedrich (Offenbach 1929); Reichardt, Hans (Frankfurt 2011): Chronik der Schriftgießereien in Deutschland und den deutschsprachigen Nachbarländern. Courtesy of the Klingspor Museum.
⁴Bullen, H.L. [pen-name Quadrat](1906-1908): Discursions of a Retired Printer. In The Inland Printer, March 1907.
⁵Loy, W.E. (1898–1900): Designers and Engravers of Type. In The Inland Printer, May 1899.
Bonk being adorbs during the FC2018 parade :)
Who's in this pic?
Matrices featuring Bonk
Head by Battitude Studios, suit body by Matrices
Calascibetta is a comune in Sicily, Italy in the Province of Enna.Calascibetta is a small town in Sicily. The town Calascibetta is located 7 kilometres north of Enna and can be seen from the provincial capital. Although once inhabited by Siculi, the town was seized in 841 by the Arabs and used as a base for the conquest of Enna. The Arabs gave the new town the name Kala Scibet. The Norman king Roger I also besieged Enna from Calascibetta. Only the bell tower of the present church of San Pietro remains from the former Norman castle. The Chiesa Matrice from the 14th Century houses a Bible in Gothic script in the treasury of the church.A number of necropolis of the 9th and 5th century BC show that the area was inhabited at least since that time. The present town was however founded in 851 by the Saracens, who named it Kalat Schibet (meaning castle on the Xibet mountain in a quiet place) it was fortified with walls and a castle which Count Roger had built in 1062, along with the church to St. Peter and Santa Maria Assunta. King Pietro of Aragona died here on 15 august 1532, though his body was then buried in Palermo, in the Palazzo dei Normanni. In 1428 king Alphonse gave to a Jewish community the quarter that still today is called "Giudea". Under Carles V in 1535 Calascibetta was given as a fiefdom to Ludovico Vernagallo, but the town collected the funds necessary to buy back its independence, which the emperor granted, along with exemption from custom duties. Again in 1668 the town had to ransom its independence with Charles II of Spain, who granted Calascibetta the title of "Fidelissima". The parish church of San Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore, with an inscription along the left side of the main portal, declaring the origin of the town: "Rogerius comes et templi fundator et urbis" (=count Roger founder of both the church and the town). The church hosts an invaluable collection of art works, as well as a treasury with ancient items and relic holders. The church of Maria Santissima del Carmelo, inside which there is a fine marble sculpture, The Annunciation, the work of Antonello Gagini.
Calascibetta è un comune italiano di 4.629 abitanti della provincia di Enna in Sicilia.Calascibetta dista 6 km da Enna, 39 km da Caltanissetta e 111 km da Agrigento. È situata sui monti Erei, in una zona collinare interna; sullo spartiacque fra i bacini dei fiumi Simeto e Imera Meridionale. È posta a 619 metri sopra il livello del mare.Il nome Calascibetta deriva dall'arabo "Qalat-sciabat" che significa "il castello sulla vetta" a sottolineare la particolare posizione geografica del paese. Fu abitata già in epoca antichissima, come testimoniano le necropoli della Calcarella (XI-X secolo a.C.), di Realmese (con tombe dei secoli IX e VIII secolo a.C.), di valle coniglio (sec. X-VII a.C.) e di Malpasso (età del rame).Frequentata in epoca bizantina come attestano documenti ottocenteschi relativi a grotte basiliane affrescate, abitata in periodo arabo, come lo stesso nome suggerisce, Calascibetta, dopo la conquista normanna dell'isola appare menzionata nel 1062, quando fu fortificata da Ruggero I, che fece costruire il primo borgo, durante l'assedio di Castrogiovanni, e il grande duomo dedicandolo alla Vergine e San Pietro. In seguito rimasta città demaniale, conosce un periodo di ineguagliato splendore, favorita e preferita come fu dai re aragonesi, tra cui Pietro II che durante un soggiorno vi spirò, che la dotarono, sull'esempio dei normanni, di templi e monumenti.La Necropoli di Realmese è un sito archeologico presso Calascibetta. Questo sito è una necropoli con circa trecento tombe a "grotticella" molto particolari, risalenti al periodo compreso tra il IX e l'VIII secolo a.C.Per trovarlo ci sono molte indicazioni stradali però non è molto facile raggiungerlo a causa dell'orografia del territorio circostante
The name of the Hadgo system was mounted on the separation wall between the darkroom and the photographic system. 2 light sources expose the line of matrices.
Dot matrices all round as Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 34566 (NK04 KZZ) loads for Rowledge on the 17.
I liked Farnham's Christmas lights - though you can't see that here, in the most ugly part of the town centre.
East Street, Farnham, Surrey.
Broadside designed by Marina Chaccur with type cast by Gerry Drayton and Howard Bratter, set by Berry Ffelstead. 'Monotype' Menhart (Series 397) Display Matrices graciously loaned by Offizin Parnassia Vattis-Switzerland. Printed at Whittington Press.
DJI Matrice 30 Thermal.
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- Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max.
- Light & Motion StellaPro CLx10 LED COB in a double diffused and gridded Westcott 36-in Rapidbox Switch Octa (M) soft box.
Now that a few fonts of 48 pt. Abbey Condensed have been cast, I am trying it out. Here is a relevant quote to print. I look at vertical spacing (consistent x-height, etc.) and the "white space" between letters and words; also, an even impression.
This type was cast on a Monotype Super Caster from foundry matrices first shown by the A. D. Farmer Co. in 1900 and the Kelsey Co. type specimen book of 1904. They could pre-date 1900 as the matrices were produced by hand engraving, then electroplated at a later date. The Farmer name only goes back to 1892, however some of the foundry's assets may have come from White’s Type Foundry (1804–1862).
I am also testing a new black ink, very thin and slower drying; maybe good for proofs. The paper cutter is interesting, a Paragon, it came from the garage sale of the local Dixon Pencil factory when it closed down about twenty five years ago; it cost $25. Don't ask me what a paper cutter was doing in a pencil factory. The building was pulled down later that year, I wish I could have taken a tour.
Music by Kai Engel - Homeroad, at freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel
Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (Außendepot). Cabinet of steel typographic punches from the Bundesdruckerei, Berlin.
According to G.W. Ovink, Genzsch & Heyse in Hamburg acquired matrices of “‘Romain Ancien’, cut by the Aubert frères and by Huchot” for Deberny in Paris. Genzsch & Heyse expanded that typeface in-house, too, cutting matching fonts in the 14, 20, 24 and 32pt sizes. Seen here in E.J. Genzsch’s 1902 catalog.
Letterform Archive has a Genzsch & Heyse brochure for this family from a later date, which you can check out on their website.
Calascibetta is a comune in Sicily, Italy in the Province of Enna.Calascibetta is a small town in Sicily. The town Calascibetta is located 7 kilometres north of Enna and can be seen from the provincial capital. Although once inhabited by Siculi, the town was seized in 841 by the Arabs and used as a base for the conquest of Enna. The Arabs gave the new town the name Kala Scibet. The Norman king Roger I also besieged Enna from Calascibetta. Only the bell tower of the present church of San Pietro remains from the former Norman castle. The Chiesa Matrice from the 14th Century houses a Bible in Gothic script in the treasury of the church.A number of necropolis of the 9th and 5th century BC show that the area was inhabited at least since that time. The present town was however founded in 851 by the Saracens, who named it Kalat Schibet (meaning castle on the Xibet mountain in a quiet place) it was fortified with walls and a castle which Count Roger had built in 1062, along with the church to St. Peter and Santa Maria Assunta. King Pietro of Aragona died here on 15 august 1532, though his body was then buried in Palermo, in the Palazzo dei Normanni. In 1428 king Alphonse gave to a Jewish community the quarter that still today is called "Giudea". Under Carles V in 1535 Calascibetta was given as a fiefdom to Ludovico Vernagallo, but the town collected the funds necessary to buy back its independence, which the emperor granted, along with exemption from custom duties. Again in 1668 the town had to ransom its independence with Charles II of Spain, who granted Calascibetta the title of "Fidelissima". The parish church of San Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore, with an inscription along the left side of the main portal, declaring the origin of the town: "Rogerius comes et templi fundator et urbis" (=count Roger founder of both the church and the town). The church hosts an invaluable collection of art works, as well as a treasury with ancient items and relic holders. The church of Maria Santissima del Carmelo, inside which there is a fine marble sculpture, The Annunciation, the work of Antonello Gagini.
Calascibetta è un comune italiano di 4.629 abitanti della provincia di Enna in Sicilia.Calascibetta dista 6 km da Enna, 39 km da Caltanissetta e 111 km da Agrigento. È situata sui monti Erei, in una zona collinare interna; sullo spartiacque fra i bacini dei fiumi Simeto e Imera Meridionale. È posta a 619 metri sopra il livello del mare.Il nome Calascibetta deriva dall'arabo "Qalat-sciabat" che significa "il castello sulla vetta" a sottolineare la particolare posizione geografica del paese. Fu abitata già in epoca antichissima, come testimoniano le necropoli della Calcarella (XI-X secolo a.C.), di Realmese (con tombe dei secoli IX e VIII secolo a.C.), di valle coniglio (sec. X-VII a.C.) e di Malpasso (età del rame).Frequentata in epoca bizantina come attestano documenti ottocenteschi relativi a grotte basiliane affrescate, abitata in periodo arabo, come lo stesso nome suggerisce, Calascibetta, dopo la conquista normanna dell'isola appare menzionata nel 1062, quando fu fortificata da Ruggero I, che fece costruire il primo borgo, durante l'assedio di Castrogiovanni, e il grande duomo dedicandolo alla Vergine e San Pietro. In seguito rimasta città demaniale, conosce un periodo di ineguagliato splendore, favorita e preferita come fu dai re aragonesi, tra cui Pietro II che durante un soggiorno vi spirò, che la dotarono, sull'esempio dei normanni, di templi e monumenti.La Necropoli di Realmese è un sito archeologico presso Calascibetta. Questo sito è una necropoli con circa trecento tombe a "grotticella" molto particolari, risalenti al periodo compreso tra il IX e l'VIII secolo a.C.Per trovarlo ci sono molte indicazioni stradali però non è molto facile raggiungerlo a causa dell'orografia del territorio circostante
A special 26pt. display mould was made for these matrices so that fractions could be 12pt. denominator, 12pt. numerator and 2pt. rule in between. The 12pt. could be divided even more for more complex math. Originally from the University of Toronto Press.
These are matrices used in a Linotype machine. Each matrix can cast the shape of a character. The top of a matrix contains teeth that allow the Linotype machine to sort the different characters for use in casting a new line of text. See adjacent photos for more parts of the Linotype machine.
At the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
This is a matrix holder set for the Monotype Super Caster; the parts list does not include it and there is no known part number. The holder itself has three inserts to handle the common sizes of Giant Caster matrices. The head bearing alignment for these machines is not the same, therefore each insert and point size of the Super Caster needs a spacer piece (top right corner of the picture) to properly align the matrix over the mould. The depth of drive is compatible, being 0.065" for both machines. The matrices are for the Giant Caster (72pt. Lombardic).
Calascibetta is a comune in Sicily, Italy in the Province of Enna.Calascibetta is a small town in Sicily. The town Calascibetta is located 7 kilometres north of Enna and can be seen from the provincial capital. Although once inhabited by Siculi, the town was seized in 841 by the Arabs and used as a base for the conquest of Enna. The Arabs gave the new town the name Kala Scibet. The Norman king Roger I also besieged Enna from Calascibetta. Only the bell tower of the present church of San Pietro remains from the former Norman castle. The Chiesa Matrice from the 14th Century houses a Bible in Gothic script in the treasury of the church.A number of necropolis of the 9th and 5th century BC show that the area was inhabited at least since that time. The present town was however founded in 851 by the Saracens, who named it Kalat Schibet (meaning castle on the Xibet mountain in a quiet place) it was fortified with walls and a castle which Count Roger had built in 1062, along with the church to St. Peter and Santa Maria Assunta. King Pietro of Aragona died here on 15 august 1532, though his body was then buried in Palermo, in the Palazzo dei Normanni. In 1428 king Alphonse gave to a Jewish community the quarter that still today is called "Giudea". Under Carles V in 1535 Calascibetta was given as a fiefdom to Ludovico Vernagallo, but the town collected the funds necessary to buy back its independence, which the emperor granted, along with exemption from custom duties. Again in 1668 the town had to ransom its independence with Charles II of Spain, who granted Calascibetta the title of "Fidelissima". The parish church of San Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore, with an inscription along the left side of the main portal, declaring the origin of the town: "Rogerius comes et templi fundator et urbis" (=count Roger founder of both the church and the town). The church hosts an invaluable collection of art works, as well as a treasury with ancient items and relic holders. The church of Maria Santissima del Carmelo, inside which there is a fine marble sculpture, The Annunciation, the work of Antonello Gagini.
Calascibetta è un comune italiano di 4.629 abitanti della provincia di Enna in Sicilia.Calascibetta dista 6 km da Enna, 39 km da Caltanissetta e 111 km da Agrigento. È situata sui monti Erei, in una zona collinare interna; sullo spartiacque fra i bacini dei fiumi Simeto e Imera Meridionale. È posta a 619 metri sopra il livello del mare.Il nome Calascibetta deriva dall'arabo "Qalat-sciabat" che significa "il castello sulla vetta" a sottolineare la particolare posizione geografica del paese. Fu abitata già in epoca antichissima, come testimoniano le necropoli della Calcarella (XI-X secolo a.C.), di Realmese (con tombe dei secoli IX e VIII secolo a.C.), di valle coniglio (sec. X-VII a.C.) e di Malpasso (età del rame).Frequentata in epoca bizantina come attestano documenti ottocenteschi relativi a grotte basiliane affrescate, abitata in periodo arabo, come lo stesso nome suggerisce, Calascibetta, dopo la conquista normanna dell'isola appare menzionata nel 1062, quando fu fortificata da Ruggero I, che fece costruire il primo borgo, durante l'assedio di Castrogiovanni, e il grande duomo dedicandolo alla Vergine e San Pietro. In seguito rimasta città demaniale, conosce un periodo di ineguagliato splendore, favorita e preferita come fu dai re aragonesi, tra cui Pietro II che durante un soggiorno vi spirò, che la dotarono, sull'esempio dei normanni, di templi e monumenti.La Necropoli di Realmese è un sito archeologico presso Calascibetta. Questo sito è una necropoli con circa trecento tombe a "grotticella" molto particolari, risalenti al periodo compreso tra il IX e l'VIII secolo a.C.Per trovarlo ci sono molte indicazioni stradali però non è molto facile raggiungerlo a causa dell'orografia del territorio circostante
Matrix:
0 1 2
1 0 1
2 1 0
Single Shots:
0: www.flickr.com/photos/bakke7/21176890832/in/datetaken/
Note that Outside Characters can be a reality for any point size in a seven alphabet layout. I mentioned 14 pt. being a concern in the video, however all sizes covered by the layout shown are affected. What happens at 14 point is that the matrices can be non-standard, or overhanging other matrices. I can show that next.
Autor: Rocío Osorio García.
Título: “desahogo terminado”
Técnica: xilografía, plancha perdida.
Papel: michel
Tamaño papel: 43x33 cm.
Tamaño plancha: 43x 30 cm.
Nº de matrices: 1
Nº de tintas: 3
Edición: 5/5, P/A, H.C
Taller de estampación: Fundación CIEC
Fecha: junio 2008.
Rudolf Ruzicka's Fairfield ornaments, used most unconventionally thanks to John Kristensen's having cast them up on a Thompson using the Linotype matrices. The type is 14-pt Bell Italic.
Autor: Rocío Osorio García.
Título: “corre que te pillo”
Técnica: xilografía
Papel:Hamemuhle
Tamaño papel: 20X 25 cm.
Tamaño plancha:16x 20 cm.
Nº de matrices: 2
Nº de tintas: 2
Edición: 2P/A, 21/21
Taller de estampación: Fundación CIEC
Calascibetta is a comune in Sicily, Italy in the Province of Enna.Calascibetta is a small town in Sicily. The town Calascibetta is located 7 kilometres north of Enna and can be seen from the provincial capital. Although once inhabited by Siculi, the town was seized in 841 by the Arabs and used as a base for the conquest of Enna. The Arabs gave the new town the name Kala Scibet. The Norman king Roger I also besieged Enna from Calascibetta. Only the bell tower of the present church of San Pietro remains from the former Norman castle. The Chiesa Matrice from the 14th Century houses a Bible in Gothic script in the treasury of the church.A number of necropolis of the 9th and 5th century BC show that the area was inhabited at least since that time. The present town was however founded in 851 by the Saracens, who named it Kalat Schibet (meaning castle on the Xibet mountain in a quiet place) it was fortified with walls and a castle which Count Roger had built in 1062, along with the church to St. Peter and Santa Maria Assunta. King Pietro of Aragona died here on 15 august 1532, though his body was then buried in Palermo, in the Palazzo dei Normanni. In 1428 king Alphonse gave to a Jewish community the quarter that still today is called "Giudea". Under Carles V in 1535 Calascibetta was given as a fiefdom to Ludovico Vernagallo, but the town collected the funds necessary to buy back its independence, which the emperor granted, along with exemption from custom duties. Again in 1668 the town had to ransom its independence with Charles II of Spain, who granted Calascibetta the title of "Fidelissima". The parish church of San Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore, with an inscription along the left side of the main portal, declaring the origin of the town: "Rogerius comes et templi fundator et urbis" (=count Roger founder of both the church and the town). The church hosts an invaluable collection of art works, as well as a treasury with ancient items and relic holders. The church of Maria Santissima del Carmelo, inside which there is a fine marble sculpture, The Annunciation, the work of Antonello Gagini.
Calascibetta è un comune italiano di 4.629 abitanti della provincia di Enna in Sicilia.Calascibetta dista 6 km da Enna, 39 km da Caltanissetta e 111 km da Agrigento. È situata sui monti Erei, in una zona collinare interna; sullo spartiacque fra i bacini dei fiumi Simeto e Imera Meridionale. È posta a 619 metri sopra il livello del mare.Il nome Calascibetta deriva dall'arabo "Qalat-sciabat" che significa "il castello sulla vetta" a sottolineare la particolare posizione geografica del paese. Fu abitata già in epoca antichissima, come testimoniano le necropoli della Calcarella (XI-X secolo a.C.), di Realmese (con tombe dei secoli IX e VIII secolo a.C.), di valle coniglio (sec. X-VII a.C.) e di Malpasso (età del rame).Frequentata in epoca bizantina come attestano documenti ottocenteschi relativi a grotte basiliane affrescate, abitata in periodo arabo, come lo stesso nome suggerisce, Calascibetta, dopo la conquista normanna dell'isola appare menzionata nel 1062, quando fu fortificata da Ruggero I, che fece costruire il primo borgo, durante l'assedio di Castrogiovanni, e il grande duomo dedicandolo alla Vergine e San Pietro. In seguito rimasta città demaniale, conosce un periodo di ineguagliato splendore, favorita e preferita come fu dai re aragonesi, tra cui Pietro II che durante un soggiorno vi spirò, che la dotarono, sull'esempio dei normanni, di templi e monumenti.La Necropoli di Realmese è un sito archeologico presso Calascibetta. Questo sito è una necropoli con circa trecento tombe a "grotticella" molto particolari, risalenti al periodo compreso tra il IX e l'VIII secolo a.C.Per trovarlo ci sono molte indicazioni stradali però non è molto facile raggiungerlo a causa dell'orografia del territorio circostante