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'The grammar of ornament': Alexander Pope and the art of the page Hazel Wilkinson (University of Birmingham)
Printers’ ornaments date to the earliest days of printing, when they approximated the elaborate borders, flourishes, and initial letters of manuscripts, but by the eighteenth century they had developed their own iconography and become part of the particular visual identity of the printed book. This talk will argue that we have forgotten how to interpret printers’ ornaments, and lost complex meanings that were available to readers in the hand press period. Using examples including sixteenth-century prayer books, the works of Alexander Pope, and an eighteenth-century engraver’s own account of making ‘Slips & Taylpieces & FACS’, the talk shows how we can recover the “grammar of ornament”.
The talk will also be streamed via Zoom. If you would like the link, please contact sarah.cusk@lincoln.ox.ac.uk.
Date:
4 May 2023, 17:15
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Part of:
Oxford Bibliographical Society Lectures
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Katy Terry
