Very little is known of the circumstances of his life. He may have started his career as a writing master in
Venice, although this has been disputed.[1] Around 1510 he was a bookseller in
Rome. He was employed as a scribe at the Apostolic Chancery in 1513. His experience in calligraphy led him to create an influential pamphlet on handwriting in 1522 called La Operina, which was the first book devoted to writing the
italic script known as
chancery cursive.[2] This work, a 32-page
woodblock printing, was the first of several such publications.
He turned to printing in 1524 and designed his own italic typefaces for his work, which were widely emulated. His last printing was dated shortly before the
sack of Rome (1527), during which he was probably killed.
Pandolfo Collenuccio, Apologi and Lucian, Dialogi, translated into Latin by Livius Guidoloctus, c. 1520, British Museum (now British Library), Royal MS 12 C viii
Two briefs, in Renaissance Handwriting, (Fairbank and Wolpe), pls. 16 & 17, (Attributed by
Alfred Fairbank)
Very little is known of the circumstances of his life. He may have started his career as a writing master in
Venice, although this has been disputed.[1] Around 1510 he was a bookseller in
Rome. He was employed as a scribe at the Apostolic Chancery in 1513. His experience in calligraphy led him to create an influential pamphlet on handwriting in 1522 called La Operina, which was the first book devoted to writing the
italic script known as
chancery cursive.[2] This work, a 32-page
woodblock printing, was the first of several such publications.
He turned to printing in 1524 and designed his own italic typefaces for his work, which were widely emulated. His last printing was dated shortly before the
sack of Rome (1527), during which he was probably killed.
Pandolfo Collenuccio, Apologi and Lucian, Dialogi, translated into Latin by Livius Guidoloctus, c. 1520, British Museum (now British Library), Royal MS 12 C viii
Two briefs, in Renaissance Handwriting, (Fairbank and Wolpe), pls. 16 & 17, (Attributed by
Alfred Fairbank)