In Nomine Domini (B21)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Ian Mortimer
Title
In Nomine Domini
Made in
London
Date
1974
Materials and techniques
Paper, book , board.
Designed and printed by Ian Mortimer on Arches Chiffon blanc mould-made paper in Caslon Old Face type. Text printed on an Albion hand press; etchings printed on a copper plate press by the artist.
Designed and printed by Ian Mortimer on Arches Chiffon blanc mould-made paper in Caslon Old Face type. Text printed on an Albion hand press; etchings printed on a copper plate press by the artist.
Dimensions
length (box): 58.6cm
width: 40.7cm
Object number
B21
Category
Maker's statement
This was the most ambitious piece of typographic design and printing produced to date by the Press. The intention was that the texts should be austerely and simply printed, so as to be easily read but nevertheless self-effacing in relation to the prints, showing them off to the full. The colophon printed on the last sheet of the portfolio shows the Press's device used for the first time. It is a wood-engraving by Ian Mortimer and is a visual image based on his name: "mort", death; "mer", sea. The use of visual puns and the like was common practice among earlier printers, when devising their press-marks.