A Familiar Sight: ‘Dutch Type’ and the First Printer of Norwich

IF 0.6 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
History Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI:10.1111/1468-229X.13441
Rebecca Feakes
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Anthony Solempne, the first printer of Norwich, was among the many Dutch Protestants to flee religious persecution in the Southern Netherlands in the late 1560s and seek refuge in the Northern Provinces, France, and England. Dutch immigrants arrived in such numbers they soon formed around half the population of Norwich, the local inhabitants distinguishing themselves from the ‘otherness’ of these new arrivals by dubbing them ‘Strangers’. Solempne marketed many of his works to this growing community of displaced Dutch refugees through his use of vernacular and possibly his choice of type. This article considers how typography can embody aspects of ‘foreignness’ and familiarity on the printed page. A typographical analysis of Solempne's works forms the foundations for discussions on attributable works and the broader network of Dutch printers in England and the Continent who used a distinctive ‘Dutch type’ that would have been readily familiar to the ‘Strangers’ of Norwich. In doing so, it recognises the potential contribution of typographical studies to our understandings of ‘nationhood’ in northern Europe during the early modern period.

熟悉的景象:“荷兰式印刷术”和诺维奇的第一个印刷术
安东尼-索林普(Anthony Solempne)是诺里奇的第一位印刷商,他是1560年代末逃离荷兰南部宗教迫害,前往北部省份、法国和英国避难的众多荷兰新教徒之一。荷兰移民人数众多,很快就占到了诺里奇人口的一半左右,当地居民将这些新移民称为 "陌生人",以区别于他们的 "异类"。苏林朋通过使用方言,可能还有字体的选择,将他的许多作品推销给这个日益壮大的流离失所的荷兰难民社区。本文探讨了字体设计如何在印刷品上体现 "异国情调 "和熟悉感。通过对索林普作品的排版分析,为讨论可归属作品以及英格兰和欧洲大陆更广泛的荷兰印刷商网络奠定了基础,这些印刷商使用独特的 "荷兰字体",诺里奇的 "陌生人 "很容易就会熟悉这种字体。通过这样做,它认识到了印刷研究对我们理解近代早期北欧 "民族性 "的潜在贡献。
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