terminator. In 1496, the semicolon ; is attested in Pietro Bembo's book De Aetna [it] printed by Aldo Manuzio. The punctuation also appears in later writings...
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can easily be recognized as the modern question mark. (See, for example, De Aetna [it] (1496) printed by Aldo Manuzio in Venice.) In 1598, the English term...
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calendar), was a book entitled Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chabrielem liber. This book, usually now called De Aetna, was a short 60-page text about a journey...
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Manutius by engraver Francesco Griffo. This was first used in the book De Aetna, a short work by poet and cleric Pietro Bembo which was Manutius' first...
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Press edition of Pietro Bembo's narrative Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chabrielem liber ("De Aetna", a description of a journey to Mount Etna) published...
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Francesco Griffo (redirect from Franciso de Bologna)
2012). "The Yale Type". The New Journal. Retrieved 16 May 2012. Digital scan of De Aetna (Internet Archive, via Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze)...
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edition (2002) ed.). London: Hyphen Press. pp. 72–4. ISBN 0-907259-21-9. De Aetna was decisive in shaping the printers' alphabet. The small letters are very...
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of serif letterforms across history: The roman type of Nicolas Jenson De Aetna, printed by Aldus Manutius Title page printed by Robert Estienne Great...
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writer, in the book De Ætna ad Angelum Chabrielem Liber (1496), Bembo tells how he and his father, Bernardo, climbed Mount Ætna and there found snow...
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the moment when the first true synthesis occurred was in the type of De Aetna. This led me in turn to the Beinecke Library to pore over their copy of...
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Aetna (Ancient Greek: Αἴτνη Aἴtnē) was in Greek and Roman mythology a Sicilian nymph and, according to Alcimus, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia or of Briareus...
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authors. Manutius launched Pietro Bembo's career as a writer by publishing De Aetna in 1496, which was the Aldine Press's first Latin publication by a contemporary...
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a revised version of a type which Aldus had first used in 1496 for the De Aetna of Pietro Bembo. The type is thought to be one of the first examples of...
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French. The apostrophe was first used by Pietro Bembo in his edition of De Aetna (1496). It was introduced into English in the 16th century in imitation...
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the moment when the first true synthesis occurred was in the type of De Aetna. This led me in turn to the Beinecke Library to pore over their copy of...
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Maternus, 17 October 1499. Petri Bembi de Aetna ad Angelum Chabrielem liber, Pietro Bembo, February 1496. Diaria de Bello Carolino, Alessandro Benedetti...
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influence of types cut by Francesco Griffo in 1495 for a small book titled De Aetna written by Pietro Bembo. The typeface is classified as belonging to the...
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calendar) of the Julian calendar. February – Pietro Bembo's Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chalabrilem liber, a description of a journey to Mount Etna, is...
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wrote his first work De Aetna, then published by Aldo Manuzio in February 1496 (1495 according to the Venetian calendar). De Aetna was even dedicated to...
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Lucilius Junior (section Aetna)
Nero, a friend and correspondent of Seneca, and the possible author of Aetna, a poem that survives in a corrupt state. The information about Lucilius...
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1490s (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Readings in the Tuscan Language February – Pietro Bembo's Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chalabrilem liber, a description of a journey to Mount Etna, is...
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Mount Etna (redirect from Mt. Aetna)
[mondʒiˈbɛllo]; Sicilian: Muncibbeḍḍu [mʊntʃɪbˈbɛɖɖʊ] or 'a Muntagna; Latin: Aetna; Ancient Greek: Αἴτνα and Αἴτνη), is an active stratovolcano on the east...
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CVS Health (section Aetna)
a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The company is the...
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99 88.0 177.6/sq mi (68.6/km2) Aetna Township Mecosta 2,241 2,299 −2.5% 2,044 35.52 92.0 64.7/sq mi (25.0/km2) Aetna Township Missaukee 429 413 +3.9%...
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Eight Forty One (redirect from The Aetna Building (Jacksonville))
Building was completed in 1965. The building's former names include the Aetna Building, Prudential Plaza I or One Prudential Plaza, and the Prudential...
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twice to study the crater, which Pietro Bembo references in his dialogue De Aetna. He was follower of Constantine Lascaris at Messina, friend of Pietro Bembo...
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Etna, Lawrence County, Ohio (redirect from Aetna Furnace)
Etna (formerly Pedro, Aetna Furnace, and Etna Furnace) is an unincorporated community in eastern Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States...
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HMS Aetna (or HMS Etna) was the mercantile Success launched in 1803 at Littlehampton. The Admiralty purchased her in 1803 for conversion into a Royal...
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including Aetna, Western Union, the Pullman Car Company, and 21 railroads. His grandfather Joseph Morgan was one of the co-founders of Aetna. Through his...
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(Αἰτναῖος), owing to his workshop being supposedly located below Mount Aetna. Polýphrōn "ingenious, inventive" (Πολύφρων) Agaklytós "very famous, glorious"...
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