Raphaël Freeman is a master typesetter. His first volume for us was a fiendishly complicated thirteenth-century grammar in Latin, Hebrew, and Anglo-Norman French that had defeated not a few others. A study of a sixteenth-century polyglot Bible, containing appropriately multiple languages, and an edition of a philosophical quodlibet with extensive textual and source notes soon followed, along with a formidable collection of essays and a monograph on medieval illuminated manuscripts, both with sweeping illustration programs. Although each book in this impressive range is unique in its requirements, the typeset page everywhere reveals a concordance of form and content, joining intelligibility to material expression. To his devotion to the craft, Raphaël also brings considerable technical expertise, a resourcefulness in meeting unexpected challenges, and an unusual desire constantly to improve his labours and our own. We cannot recommend Renana Typesetting too highly.
Books from Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS)
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Dates use the first edition in the language and format shown where verified. Other entries retain their recorded work dates while we check them. Books without a confirmed date follow alphabetically.
Colour manuscript reproductions are arranged in varied groups beside compact outer-margin captions. A single column carries each essay, with green contributor names, running feet and page numbers; the endnotes switch to three narrow columns with bold note numbers and italic source titles.
Chapter openings combine small-cap chapter numbers, large serif titles and inset epigraphs. The text accommodates Hebrew, italic quotations and extensive numbered footnotes, while full-page manuscript and title-page reproductions carry centred captions beneath the images.
Large reproductions of early printed books and manuscripts sit alongside a single-column scholarly text, each with a numbered caption. Small-cap running heads and outer page numbers guide the chapters; indented quotations, italic titles and substantial footnotes keep the discussion and its sources distinct.
This essay collection pairs contributors’ names with essay titles in the running heads. Manuscript and early-book reproductions sit within the text measure with numbered captions; inset quotations, Hebrew within source notes and a numbered catalogue with hanging indents share the same restrained serif setting.
Comparative tables align Hebrew letters and pointed forms with Latin transcriptions, grammatical labels and French equivalents. The surrounding single-column study uses bold and italic subheadings, numbered footnotes and small-cap running heads, while chapter openings separate the large title from the text below.
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