Sator Arepo

€60.00
The renowned Christian palindrome, which hides the "Our Father" prayer, which became a powerful talisman during Middle Ages, and was found engraved all across the continent, from England to Syria.
Broadsheet typeset by hand in movable types, printed letterpress on cotton paper.

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Glass and wood frame with a single hook for vertical hanging. The frame is gilded with genuine gold leaf.
The letters of the square form twice the word "PATER NOSTER". Since there is only one "N" in the square, it has to be shared. Ergo, the cross arrangement.
The only extra letters are "A" and "O", the alpha and omega, beginning and end of the Universe, significantly placed at the four vertices.
Sator (the seeder) Arepo (whose name is Arepo) tenet (drives) opera (skilfully) rotas (the wheels of the plough).
Size: (27x18 cm) 
This sonnet has been typeset by hand in original Tallone type. The steel punches of this type were hand-cut by Charles Malin in Paris in 1949, under the supervision of Alberto Tallone, designer of this type:
Printed letterpress on cotton paper.
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Printed on very fine paper, this broadsheet is a sophisticated gift meant to last over time.
Tallone’s typographic studio has been continuously in operation since the 18th  century, and its vast endowment of original foundry types and presses is still in use. Neither monotype nor linotype are used. These typesetting systems from a keyboard are often passed off as manual typography. The Tallone Press also does not print from plastic plates derived from digital compositions.

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27x18