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June 14–24 · 2010

Paul Shaw & Alta Price

a+uiLeiaJune 15

Chickens in Aquileia

Bas relief of St. Mark Basilica di S. Maria Assunta

Early Christian inscription (detail)Museo Paleocristiano

Exterior of Basilica di S. Maria Assunta Photograph by Carlo Scherer

Architect’s tools (detail of tombstone)Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia

Republican inscription Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia

Imperial inscription (detail)Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia

Imperial inscripion (detail)Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia

Sign for bookshop at Basilica di S. Maria Assunta

Paul and Howard at cafe drinking Campari and sodaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Parco Nazionale Archeologico di AquileiaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

PaDoVa ‡ VicenZaJune 16

Courtyard wall (detail) of University of Padua

Jill, Alta, Carlo, Howard and Jonah admiring the sign of the Drogheria Preti di Zuin Luigi in PadovaPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Bas relief grotesque in Padova

Inscription in Round Gothic on the tomb of 14th c. Paduan jurist Rolandus de Placiola

Via degli Zabarella (formerly Via S. Carlo) in Padova

Epistolaria e Evangelaria (1509) by Sanvito (detail) / Macrobius (1473) printed by Nicolaus Jenson (detail) Biblioteca Capitolare

Spread from Sacramentario con Martirologico e Messe, a 9th c. Carolingian manuscript (detail)Biblioteca Capitolare

Jonah, Alta and Howard examining a manuscript at the Biblioteca Capitolare in PadovaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Jewelers’ sign (detail) at the Palazzo della Ragione in Vicenza

Inscription in Vicenza: On this spot stood the home of the most wicked Galeazzo da Roma, who, alongside Iseppo Almerico and other accomplices, committed atrocious homicides in this city on the 3rd of July of the year 1548/ detail of inscription “marius capra gabrielis f” on La Rotonda

Villa Almerico-Capra (La Rotonda) 1567–1591 by Palladio

PaDoVa ‡ Ve|onaJune 17

Fiume Adige as seen from the Museo Castelvecchio

Painted sign (detail) for Peretto Calzoleria in Padova

Inscription in Round Gothic (detail) from courtyard of S. Antonio in Padova

Paul rubbing inscription on the tomb of Antonio Orsato (d.1497) in PadovaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Howard rubbing an inscription in the courtyard of theBasilica di S. Zeno Maggiore in VeronaPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Roman inscription (detail) at the Museo Lapidario di Scipione Maffei in Verona

Detail from the facade of the Basilica di S. Zeno Maggiore

Streetscape in Verona / Sculptural detail from side entrance to the Cattedrale di Verona

Equestrian statue of Cangrande I (1291–1329) at the Museo Castelvecchio (installation by Carlo Scarpa)

The Pescheria in Verona

Greek inscription (detail) at the Museo Lapidario di Scipione Maffei in Verona / Via dietro Anfiteatro street sign (detail) in Verona

PaDoVa · aL¤iVoLe ‡ Possagno

June 18

Tombs of Alvise Brion and Stefano Giuseppe Brion at the Cimiterio Brion-Vega in San Vito d’Altivole designed by Carlo Scarpa (1972)

Detail of St. Christopher fresco cycle (1453–1457) by Andrea Mantegna in the Cappella Ovetari of the Chiesa di Eremitani in Padova

Biblia Sacra (12th c.) (detail)Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile

Pedestrian crossing sign in Padova

Graduation at the Università di Padova: student announcement (detail) and student celebration

Detail of 15th c. manuscript Roma triumphans by Flavio Biondo Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile

Pliny (1472) by Nicolaus Jenson: initial by the Pliny Master

1694 inscription in Asolo

Lucia, Carlo, Howard, Paul, Jonah and Alta at the Tempio del Canova (1830) in PossagnoPhotograph by Jill Overley

Cimiterio Brion-Vega in San Vito d’Altivole designed by Carlo Scarpa (1972)

View from Ristorante Due Mori in AsoloPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

cornuDa ‡VaLDoBBiaDene

June 19

Paul teaching the history of Roman letterforms at the Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione to Alta, Jonah, David, Carlo, Jill and HowardPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Details of Paul’s teaching sheetsPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Jonah, David and Carlo studyingPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Luca Barcellona’s calligraphic suppliesPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Luca Barcellona demonstrating writing Fraktur with a broad brush; the onlookers are Howard, David, Jonah and three visitors to the TipotecaPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Luca Barcellona up close

Fraktur alphabet by Luca BarcellonaPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Keepsakes combining ruling pen lettering by Paul with large wood type question mark

View of the Tipoteca including Vandercook proof pressPhotograph by David Hackett

Lunch at the Sintra Bar in Crocetta: Lucio Passerini, Jill, David, Alta, Jonah, Lucia (behind Carlo), Carlo, Paul and Luca BarcellonaPhotograph by Howard Holtzman

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June 20

Prosecco vineyards at Valdobbiadene Photograph by Carlo Scherer

Jill looking at printing presses at the TipotecaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Vandercook proofing presses at the TipotecaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Alta setting type / Lucio Passerini setting typePhotographs by Carlo Scherer

Lucia at the typecase Photograph by Carlo Scherer

Carlo looking for the right typefacePhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Sandro Berra showing Alta, Jonah, Jill, David, Carlo and Howard samples of wood type from the Tipoteca collection Photograph by Lucia McCreery

Some of the wood type from the Tipoteca collectionPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Lucio Passerini printing on the Vandercook Photograph by Carlo Scherer

Paul, Lucio and Sandro Berra discussing a proof with Howard, Jonah (obscured) and Carlo looking onPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Printing presses and bookbinding presses at the TipotecaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

VeneZia June 21

Sgraffito on wall in the Giudecca, Venezia

Window from Casa dei Tre Oci (1913) in the Giudecca, Venezia

Grand Canal with gondolierPhotograph by Lucia McCreery

Ramo Querini stencilled street sign in Venezia

Detail of bas relief on exterior of Basilica di S. Marco

Neon sign (detail) for All’Angelo Ristorante

M from Missiaglia storefront at Piazza San Marco

Olivetti store nameplate in Venezia designed by Carlo Scarpa (1957–1958); the store is now empty

R carved into wood from store sign (detail)

Bas relief in Venezia

Gondolas in front of Hotel MarconiPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

VeneZia June 22

Cortese Frizzoti store sign (detail) in Venezia

S. Giorgio dell’Isola by Palladio and Fondazione Cini on Isola di S. Giorgio, VeneziaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Alta examining Epistoli di S. Caterina da Siena (1501) printed by Aldus Manutius Fondazione CiniPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Nuova Manica Lunga at the Fondazione Cini designed by Michele De Lucchi (2009)Photograph by Carlo Scherer

Constructed Rotunda minuscules n, o and d (upside down) from Thesauro de Scrittori (1532) by Sigismondo FantiFondazione Cini

Printed signature of Ludovico Arrighi degli Vicenza from The-sauro de Scrittori (1532) by Sigismondo FantiFondazione Cini

Querini Stampalia logo (1963) by Carlo Scarpa based on Alberti’s lettering for the Cappella Rucellai in Florence)

Caffè Rosso at Campo Margherita in Venezia

1692 inscription (detail) at the Arsenale in Venezia / graffiti (detail) in Venezia

Detail from gilded sign for glassworks shop / infilled inscription from portal of SS. Giovanni e Paolo by Bartolomeo Bon (1461?)

Ospedale di SS. Giovanni e Paolo in VeneziaPhoto by Carlo Scherer

rimini June 23

Ponte Tiberio (14 ad) in Rimini

18th c. ihs Christogram in Rimini

Tempio Malatestiano (S. Francesco) with facade by Leon Battista Alberti (c.1450)

Details of inscriptions on exterior of Tempio Malatestiano: above, tomb of Basinio da Parma / below, tomb of Roberto Valturio

Details of interior of Tempio Malatestiano: si initials and tempus loquendi motto

Inscription in metal for tomb of Isotta degli Atti (d. 1474) in Cappella degli Angeli in Tempio Malatestiano

Detail of fresco (1451) by Piero della Francesca of Sigismondo Malatesta in the Tempio Malatestiano

Medal by Matteo de’ Pasti (1446) honoring Isotta degli Atti

Building in Rimini under construction with enlarged film strips from Fellini movies as part of scaffolding

Inscription (1446) on Castel Sismondo (detail) in Rimini

Arco di Augusto (27 ad) in Rimini

c¬sse·|aVenna & san¤a|cangeLo June 24

Store sign in Santarcangelo

Railroad station in Classe

S. Apollinare in ClassePhotograph by Carlo Scherer

Dedication inscription (detail) in S. Apollinare in Classe

Mosaic duck in pavement of S. Vitale in Ravenna / exterior of S. Vitale photograph by Carlo Scherer

Mosaic from S. Giovanni EvangelistaPhotograph by Carlo Scherer

From courtyard of Museo Nazionale di Ravenna at S. Vitale

Telephone sign at Mercato in Ravenna

Graffiti (street art) in Ravenna

G. Semprini hardware store sign (detail) in Santarcangelo

Group in Santarcangelo: Carlo Scherer, Jonah Koppel, Alta Price, Howard Holtzman and Jill Overley; Paul Shaw in back; Lucia McCreery and David Hackett not present

All other photographs by Paul Shaw