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7–37. Geoffroy Tory, fantastic alphabet from Champ Fleury

The thirteen alphabets concluding this book (Hebrew, Greek, Persian, and so on) included this whimsical sequence of pictorial letterforms composed of tools. A is a compass, B is a fusy (steel used to strike a flint to start a fire), and C is a handle.

Date
1529CE
Designer
Geoffroy Tory
Place
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