Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena, adunate insemi per Bartholomeo da Alzano da Bergamo
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Title
Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena, adunate insemi per Bartholomeo da Alzano da Bergamo
Subject
Devotional literature
Incunabula—Italy—Venice
Printing—History—Italy—Venice
Italic type (Typography)
Description
This is a devotional text depicting the letters of St. Catherine of Siena, a prominent saint of the Christian faith. The work features a detailed woodcut illustration in which some of the earliest instances of italic type are featured.
Creator
Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380
Publisher
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
Date
1500
Contributor
Bartolomeo da Alzano da Bergamo
Rights
Public Domain
Format
codices (bound manuscripts)
Folio (book format)
Italic (typefaces)
Roman (typeface style group)
Laid paper
Citation
Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380, “Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena, adunate insemi per Bartholomeo da Alzano da Bergamo,” Omeka, accessed May 27, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/811.