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Description: Handwriting by Niccolò de' Niccoli (1364–1437), which served as the origin of italic type.
Title: Niccolo de Niccoli italic handwriting
Credit: Written by Niccolò de' Niccoli (1364–1437). Copied in The Origin and Development of Humanistic Script by Berthold Louis Ullman (Rome, 1960), Plate 37 Florence, Naz. Conv. Soppr. I. X. 44, folio 1v Lives of Alexander and Caesar translated by Guarino. Scanned by HDoug of The Fountain Pen Network. Posted on "italic" term in computers and writing. Uploaded to en.wikipedia by Wareh. Transferred to Commons by User:朝彦 using CommonsHelper.
Author: Niccolò de' Niccoli
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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