TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on Mon Mar 25 16:00:22 EDT 2024

SEARCH THIS SITE:

IMAGE SEARCH:

FONT RECOGNITION VIA FONT MOOSE

LUC DEVROYE


ABOUT







Peter van der Borcht

Aka Pieter van der Borcht (the Elder), ca. 1540-1608. Van der Borcht was a Flemish Renaissance painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is regarded as one of the most gifted botanical painters of the 16th century. Born in Mechelen, he worked for Christoffel Plantijn (Christopher Plantin), the famous book publisher and typefounder in Antwerp. He supplied Plantin with the drawings for the engravings for many scientific publications of Plantin such as the works of Rembert Dodoens, Carolus Clusius and Matthias de l'Obel. He illustrated many liturgical books published by Plantin.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Peter van der Borcht
MyFonts search
Monotype search
Fontspring search
Google search

INTERNAL LINKS
The Belgian type scene ⦿ Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿








file name: Christoffel Plantijn Plant Ornaments 1583


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Dictamnum Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Hederaceum Thlaspi Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Linaria Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Peonia Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Anemone Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Argemone Capitulo Longiore Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Calendula Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Scolymos Sylvestris Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Tulipa Ornament


file name: Christoffel Plantijn Ex Libris


file name: Peter Van Der Borcht Antoine Van Leest Lettrine 1571


file name: Peter Van Der Borcht Antoine Van Leest Lettrine 1571b


file name: Peter Van Der Borcht Lettrine 1595


file name: Peter Van Der Borcht Lettrine 1595b







Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html