Legacy of Letters 2010 Day by Day—A Photographic Scrapbook
This is a day-by-day photographic record of the Legacy of Letters 2010 Tour led by myself and Alta Price.* The participants were David Hackett, Howard Holtzman, Jonah Koppel, Lucia McCreery, Jill Overley, and Carlo Scherer. The capitalized items are the places that we visited in each city on that date. Unfortunately, we do not have photographs documenting every place that we visited during the tour.
June 14 | PADUA
ORTO BOTANICO DI PADOVA
Legacy of Letters participants (left to right: Paul, Carlo, Jonah and Lucia) entering the Orto Botanico di Padova. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
View of the Piovego canal in Padua. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
June 15 | AQUILEIA
MUSEO PALEOCRISTIANO
BASILICA PATRIARCALE
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE
Legacy of Letters participants (left to right: Jill, Lucia, Jonah, Howard, Paul and Carlo) in front of the Museo Paleocristiano, Aquileia. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of Early Christian inscription in the Museo Paleocristiano, Aquileia. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of the 3rd century mosaic floor of the Basilica di S. Maria Assunta, Aquileia. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Paul and Howard enjoying a Campari and soda. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Jonah posing outside of the Basilica Patriarcale in Aquileia. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Tomb in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia. Photograph by Alta Price (2010). Note the measuring rod, set square, plumb bob, dividers, and mallet.
Republican inscription in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of Imperial inscription in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Carlo amongst the tombs at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
June 16 | PADUA
BASILICA DI SANT’ANTONIO
BIBLIOTECA CAPITOLARE
Detail of medieval inscription in the courtyard of the Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padua. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Spread from the Carolingian era Sacramentario con Martirologio e Messe (Mss. D.47) at the Biblioteca Capitolare, Padua. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Legacy of Letters participants (left to right: Paul, Jill and Lucia) at the Biblioteca Capitolare, Padua. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
June 16 | VICENZA
PALAZZO DELLA RAGIONE
TEATRO OLIMPICO
LA ROTONDA (Villa Almerico Capra)
Legacy of Letters participants (left to right: Carlo, Paul, Jill and Jonah) entering the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of the stage at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of store name on the ground level of the Palazzo della Ragione in Vicenza. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Howard and Paul at the statue of Antonio Palladio in Vicenza. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
La Rotonda by Antonio Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi (1567–1592)on the outskirts of Vicenza. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Alta, Paul and Lucia relaxing outside of the Villa Rotonda. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
June 17 | VERONA
SAN ZENO MAGGIORE
MUSEO LAPIDARIO MAFFEIANO
ANFITEATRO ARENA
CATTEDRALE DI VERONA
MUSEO DI CASTELVECCHIO
View of the Adige river. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Legacy of Letters participants (left to right: Jonah, Howard, Paul and Carlo) walking in Verona. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Howard comparing his rubbing to the inscription on the exterior of San Zeno Maggiore in Verona. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of the polychrome lunette on the facade of San Zeno Maggiore in Verona. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Epistyle of Gaius Vibius Varus (1st c.) in the Museo Lapidario Maffeiano, Verona. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010). The trace of the brush that wrote out the inscription prior to carving is evident.
Paul and Howard making a rubbing at the Museo Lapidario Maffeiano in Verona. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of inscription in the nave of the Cattedrale di Verona. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010). Letters possibly designed by Felice Feliciano.
Detail of Romanesque inscription (1140) in crypt of Cattedrale di Verona. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010). Note the forms of E, G, and Q.
Statue of Cangrande I della Scale (1291–1329) at the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of painting in the collection of the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Stairs at Museo Castelvecchio in Verona designed by Carlo Scarpa. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 18 | PADUA
BIBLIOTECA DEL SEMINARIO VESCOVILE
CHIESA DEGLI EREMITANI
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI PADOVA
Detail of interlaced versals in 12th c. Biblia Sacra (Cod. 553) at the Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of Roma triumphans by Flavio Biondo (Cod. 13) at the Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile in Padua. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Manuscript (Cod. 203) by Bartolomeo Sanvito at the Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Howard, Jonah, Paul, Carlo and Don Riccardo Battocchio at the Biblioteca del Seminario, Padua. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of decorated edition of Historia Naturalis by Pliny printed by Nicolaus Jenson (1472). Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile, Padua. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of fresco by Andrea Mantegna in the Ovetari Chapel, Church of the Eremitani, Padua. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Hebrew inscription in the Museo Archeologico di Padova. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 18 | ALTIVOLE
CIMETERIO DI SAN VITO
CIMETERIO BRION-VEGA
Carlo, Jill, Paul and Lucia in the Cimitero di San Vito, Altivole. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Entrance to Cimitero Brion-Vega (Altivole) designed by Carlo Scarpa. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Part of Cimitero Brion-Vega (Altivole). Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Tomb of Maria Toso (1863–1938) in the Cimitero Brion-Vega. Designed by Carlo Scarpa. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 18 | POSSAGNO
TEMPIO CANOVIANO
Jonah and Howard on the steps of the Tempo Canoviano (Possagno). Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 18 | ASOLO
View from Asolo. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Rooftops of Asolo. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
June 18 | VALDOBBIADENE
View of the prosecco vineyards from Valdobbiadene. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
June 19 | TIPOTECA
Calligraphy workshop with Paul Shaw
Demonstration by Luca Barcellona
Paul demonstrating the evolution of Western scripts. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Sheet of Paul’s calligraphic demonstration. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
David practicing calligraphy. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Luca Barcellona demonstrating fraktur written with a flat brush. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
June 20 | TIPOTECA
Letterpress workshop with Lucio Passerini
Carlo at the typecase. Photograph by Lucia McCreery (2010).
Alta, Jonah, Jill, David, Carlo, Howard and Sandro Berra examining Tipoteca type inventory. Photograph by Lucia McCreery (2010).
Lucio moving type to a galley tray for transfer to the printing press. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Howard, David, Jill, Jonah, Lucia and Paul examining the lock-up. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Howard, Sandro, Lucio and Paul discussing a print. Photograph by Lucia McCreery (2010).
June 21 | VENICE
SAN MARCO
TESORO DI SAN MARCO
MUSEO MARCIANO
BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA
PALAZZO DUCALE
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO
Grand Canal, Venice. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
From the Tesoro di San Marco, Venice. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Jonah, Paul and Howard at a jazz club in Venice. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
June 22 | Venezia
BASILICA S. MARIA GLORIOSA DEI FRARI
FONDAZIONE CINI
Facade of palazzo on the Giudecca, Venice. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Legacy of Letters participants (left to right: Paul, David, Jonah and Jill) at the Fondazione Cini. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of manuscript cutting written in rotunda. Fondazione Cini. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of frontispiece of Letters of St. Catherine (Aldus Manutius, 1501). Fondazione Cini. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Carlo, David, Paul and Jill examining rotunda manuscript at the Fondazione Cini. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
M from Missiaglia jewelry store in Venice. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 23 | RIMINI
ARCO DI AUGUSTO
PONTE DI TIBERIO
CASTELLO SISMONDO
TEMPIO MALATESTIANO [Alta 2727, 2752, 2753, 2769]
MUSEO CIVICO DI RIMINI
Arco di Augusto, Rimini. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Inscription on one side of the Ponte di Tiberio in Rimini. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of plaque on exterior wall of Castello Sismondo. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini. Photograph by Alta Price (2010).
Detail of the inscription on the facade of the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
One of innumerable IS monograms for Isotta degli Atti (mistress of Sigismondo Malatesta) in the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Fragment of an Imperial inscription on the grounds of the Museo Civico di Rimini. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 24 | CLASSE
BASILICA DI SANT’APOLLINARE IN CLASSE
Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Detail of the mosaic in the apse of the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Detail of inscription on the 6th century dedication stone of the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Howard, Jonah and Alta on the platform of the Classe train station. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
June 24 | RAVENNA
BASILICA DI SANT’APOLLINARE NUOVO
BATTISTERO NEONIANO
BASILICA DI S. VITALE
MAUSOLEO DI GALLA PLACIDIA
Detail of mosaics in the nave of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Courtyard of the Basilica of S. Vitale in Ravenna. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Mosaic in S. Giovanni Evangelista in Ravenna. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
The Tomb of Gallia Placidia in Ravenna. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Howard, Paul and Jonah surrendering to the heat in Ravenna. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Bas relief in Ravenna. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
June 24 | SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA
La Sangiovesa ristorante in Santarcangelo di Romagna. Photograph by Paul Shaw (2010).
Jonah and Alta; with Paul rubbing letters (as usual) in Santarcangelo di Romagna. Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
Legacy of Letters 2010 participants at the end of the tour in Santarcangelo di Romagna. Left to right: Carlo, Jonah, Paul, Alta, Howard and Jill. (Lucia left the tour earlier in the day). Photograph by Carlo Scherer (2010).
*A shorter photographic account of the Legacy of Letters 2010 tour is available as a downloadable PDF.
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