Death certificates, Salerno, Italy (1889–1917)
Contributed by MacNeill Chapman on Jan 22nd, 2022. Artwork published in
circa 1889
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6 Comments on “Death certificates, Salerno, Italy (1889–1917)”
Thank you for sharing these fascinating documents, MacNeill!
Most of the tagged typefaces were tracked down by my colleague Matthijs (thanks, Matthijs – great job!). Unfortunately, we don’t have easy access to period specimens from Italy. Some IDs are to be understood as approximations, and virtually all of the typefaces probably went under different names in Italy. Also, several styles are still unidentified. Maybe our readers can help and fill some gaps.
I’m in awe of what you did find out, brilliant work Matthijs and Florian!
Florian, the 1889 which you labeled as French Oldstyle was cut and sold by Nebiolo (and very likely by Augusta before them), it was widely used in Italy across the 1930s, I will source the name from my issues of Archivio Tipografico.
Thanks, Claudio! IIRC, that ID was among those found by Matthijs. Yes, would be great to know under which name it went in Italy.
Eva found this face in a specimen by Società Augusta (from Archivio Tipografico), under the name Intestazione Medioevale:
Archivio Tipografico mentions that it was also known as Capitali Aldo Manuzio in a Nebiolo specimen from 1920.
See also Französische Mediaeval-Versalien as shown in the 1899 specimen by Krebs and Initiales Elzeviriennes as shown in the 1909 specimen by Beaudoire et Cie. That’s the same design, isn’t it?