The Origins, Glory & Decline of the Humanist Cursive in Italy 1400-1650 is a new title written by Reed alumnus Steve Herold ’63 about the Early Writing Collection in the Reed library’s special collections. Herold has traced the history of the italic cursive popularized by Professor Lloyd Reynolds in his calligraphy classes at Reed presented from 1938 until his retirement in 1969, when Robert Palladino continued the classes until 1984. For the last 8 years, Herold has been giving various documents to Reed’s special collections to join those collected by Reynolds. Heavily illustrated with wonderful historical examples, the title also reprints a difficult-to-find article by Stanley Morison on “Early Humanist Script and the First Roman Typeface.” It is available in the Reed bookstore ($24.95).
