Macro-Typography

Brings news on research into the history of text presentation. Recent posts deal with my discovery of the world's oldest data visualization, the 5th-century Great Stemma. This blog also offers a way to comment on the www.piggin.net website and communicate with the author, Jean-Baptiste Piggin.

2015-07-28

Leonardo's Shadows

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Leonardo da Vinci's art theory was compiled by a pupil, Franceso Melzi, in about 1540 into a celebrated Treatise on Painting , which exp...
2015-07-10

Pirates, How to Deal With

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A celebrated account of how Julius Caesar was held ransom by pirates has at least two endings. That by Livy maintains Caesar paid the ranso...
2015-07-01

Strange Beasts

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The caladrius was an all-white bird, which, when placed on the bed of a sick person, supposedly foretold if they would live or die. If the p...
2015-06-23

Ancient Science

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Ancient science was kept alive through the Middle Ages by constant copying and anthologizing. One compilation that has come down to us was g...
2015-06-17

They Don't Make Hats Like This Any More

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All 40 of the additions made on June 16 to Digita Vaticana come from the collection of Marquess Alessandro Gregorio Capponi (1683-1746), whi...
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