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Lettre bâtarde by Henri de Ferrières, from his Livre du Roy Modus et de la Reine Ratio, c. 1435; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City (M.820, fol. 16v).

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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lettre bâtarde

calligraphy

Also known as: bâtarde, littera bastarda

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In calligraphy: The black-letter, or Gothic, style (9th to 15th century)
…vernacular books—is called cursiva bastarda, lettre bâtarde, or simply bâtarde, the word bastard indicating its mixed parentage of formal black letter and casual cursive script. Although the script is not truly cursive (there are several pen lifts within and between letters), the freedom with which it is written (e.g., in…
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