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Geoffroy Troy

Geoffroy Troy . Shelby See. The Renaissance Man. Professor, scholar, translator, poet, author, publisher, printer, bookseller, calligrapher, designer, illustrator, and engraver Introduced the apostrophe, the accent, and the cedilla (‘ á ç ) Books: Livre d'heures , 1525 “Book of Hours”

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Geoffroy Troy

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  1. Geoffroy Troy Shelby See

  2. The Renaissance Man • Professor, scholar, translator, poet, author, publisher, printer, bookseller, calligrapher, designer, illustrator, and engraver • Introduced the apostrophe, the accent, and the cedilla (‘ áç) • Books: • Livre d'heures, 1525 “Book of Hours” • Champ-fleury, 1529 “Paradise” • Tres utile et compendieulx traicte de lart et science dorthographie gallicane, 1529 “Three complexities of science” • L'Adolescenceclémentine et Briesve doctrine pour deuement escripre, 1533 “Adolescence documents”

  3. Typography • “the 16th century was the golden age of French typography”

  4. The Letter Q

  5. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy_Tory • http://www.octavo.com/editions/trychf/index.html

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