Codex xcix

Archive

Here are all of the posts on C xcix, organized by subject heading (i.e. category) and presented in roughly historic, not temporal, order. Following the entries on a particular subject in the order listed here should give at least a marginally coherent narrative of the topic.

Typographia Historia

The Dawn of Literacy: The Legend of Etana ‧ Cuneiform – ca.2000 BC; Temple of Mentuhotep II ‧ The Hieroglyphs – ca.2000 BC; The Edwin Smith Papyrus ‧ Hieratic – ca.1600 BC
Evolution of the Alphabet: The Serabit el-Khadim Sphinx ‧ Proto-Sinaitic – ca.1800 BC; Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II ‧ Phoenician – ca.500 BC; Nestor’s Cup ‧ The Greek Alphabet – ca.750 BC; Bucchero Rooster ‧ Etruscan – ca.700 BC; The Lapis Niger ‧ Archaic Latin – ca.550 BC
The Roman Letter: The Trajan Inscription ‧ Capitalis Monumentalis – 113 AD
The Scribal Manuscript: The Codex Sinaiticus – 350 AD; Vergilius Vaticanus ‧ Capitalis Rustica – ca.400 AD; The Book of Durrow ‧ The Insular Manuscript – ca.650 AD; The Book of Kells ‧ Insular Majuscule – ca.800 AD; Sacramentaire de Gellone ‧ Carolingian Minuscule – ca.790 AD; Books of Hours – ca.1350+; The Giant Bible of Mainz ‧ Gothic Textura – ca.1453
Incunabula

Modern Type: A Constructed Roman Alphabet ‧ David Lance Goines on Calligraphy – 1982

Anatomicæ

Leonardo’s Notebooks – ca.1492+

De Humani Corporis Fabrica ‧ Andreas Vesalius – 1543

Midwifery Illustrated ‧ Jacques-Pierre Maygrier – 1850

Man in Structure and Function ‧ Fritz Kahn – 1943

Netter on Anatomy ‧ Frank Netter – 1948+

Cartography

Kort over Danmark ‧ Danish National Mapping – 1552+

Everest ‧ Part I – The Early Maps – 1718+

Everest ‧ Part II – The Later Maps – 1955+

Saudi Geological Maps – 1967

Design

The Radio Nurse ‧ Noguchi as Industrial Designer – 1937

Mille Bornes ‧ Arthur Dujardin/Joseph Callennec – 1954

Let’s Play Twister! ‧ Reyn Guyer, Chuck Foley and Neil Rabens – 1966

Illustration

: Jeanne d’Arc ‧ Maurice Boutet de Monvel – 1896; Ravielli on Sport ‧ Anthony Ravielli – 1955+; Tips From the Top ‧ Herbert Warren Wind and Ravielli, part II – 1956; The Stars: A New Way to See Them ‧ H. A. Rey – 1952; Hier Apollo 11 ‧ Erich Fuchs – 1969 (20 Jul); Chez Panisse ‧ David Lance Goines on the Poster – 1970+; The Ultimate Alphabet ‧ Mike Wilks – 1986+
Charley Harper Retrospective: Ford Times ‧ Charley Harper as Illustrator, part I – 1949+; Tin Lizzie & Dinner for Two ‧ Charley Harper as Illustrator, part II – 1955/1958; The Golden Book of Biology ‧ Charley Harper as Illustrator, part III – 1961; Bambi and Childcraft ‧ Charley Harper as Illustrator, part IV – 1963+

Lists & Tables ― essential data for modern living

Committees Carrying Forward ... the 선군정치 Revolution

Hemingway and the Cocktail

The Five Orders

Liturgical Service Books: A Field Guide

Photography

The Daguerreotype: The Lemiare Stereo Daguerreotypes – ca.1852; Daguerreotype View of Cincinnati ‧ Porter and Fontayne – 1848
The Wet Plate: Panoramic Views of Cincinnati – 1848+; The Two Ways of Life ‧ Oscar Rejlander – 1857; The Ambrotype and the Tintype ‧ The Wet-plate Processes – ca.1855+
The Albumen Print: The Carte-de-Visite ‧ Nineteenth Century Portraiture – ca.1854+; Newsboys ‧ The Early Tobacco Card – ca.1890+; Is Marriage a Failure? ‧ The Stereograph in America – 1901
The Dry Plate: First Flight ‧ The Wright Brothers – 17 Dec 1903
Modern Photography: Evelyn McHale ‧ Robert Wiles – 12 May 1947

Unclassified

: In the Beginning ‧ A Layout Test