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SUMMARY:Rolling with the punches: the versatile chaîne opèratoire of the
  Baskerville typographic punches - Julia Montes Landa (University of Cambr
 idge)
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CONTACT:Qin-Qin Lü
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: John Baskerville (1707-1775)\, England’s foremost 
 printer\, was the designer of the famous Baskerville typeface. His designs
  for roman and italic\, upper- and lower-cases\, and numbers and symbols\,
  were originally cut into small iron bars (punches) of various sizes which
  were then used to produce the letter types for the printing press. >3\,00
 0 Baskerville punches have survived until today\, representing one of the 
 most complete collections of its kind. However\, very little is known abou
 t punch-making\, nowadays a practically lost skill at the core of printing
  technology\, cross-cutting black smithing\, engraving and other crafts.\n
 \nAs part of the AHRC-funded project ‘Small Performances’\, we reverse
 -engineered punch-making technology using pXRF\, stereo and digital micros
 copy\, metallography\, SEM-EDS and micro-CT. Combining the composition of 
 the punches\, the tool marks still visible on their surfaces\, and other a
 spects of their design\, we were able to rebuild the chaînes opèratoires
  used to manufacture the punches and to define the technological tradition
  developed at the Baskerville workshop during the 18th century. This tradi
 tion entailed a versatile approach with intricated entanglements between i
 ron suppliers\, blacksmiths and punch-cutters\, reflective of the complexi
 ty of this craft. This ultimately allowed us to understand the organisatio
 n of the workshop and to establish comparisons with later punches also pre
 sent in the collection. This is a unique window to an otherwise invisible 
 chapter of the history of printing technology.\n\nBio:  \n\nI completed pr
 evious degrees at Complutense University of Madrid and UCL\, to then join 
 this department as a PhD student in Archaeometallurgy\, funded by the Camb
 ridge Trust and the AHRC. After that\, I joined the AHRC-funded project 
 ‘Small Performances’ as a Heritage Scientists. I am interested in meta
 ls and technology in a broad sense\, but have a soft spot in Iberian prehi
 story.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\, D
 owning Site
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