bollatica 3‹lettera bollatica› shows an arrighi specimen fragment of this sp

bollatica 3

‹lettera bollatica› shows an arrighi specimen fragment of this specialist letter; ‹lettera bollatica 2› a more flourished specimen by augustino da siena, with integral showing of canonical forms: here shown are two pages from the extensive five pages given by giovanni francesco cresci in Il Perfetto Scrittore [rome 1570], from the excellent 1972 facsimile edition by miland publishers, nieuwkoop. cresci also gives a further evolutionary step: lettera bollatica formata—suitable, presumably, for the engrossing of bulls in codex format [✓].