Ruano, Ferdinando
Persons known by name
Ruano, Ferdinando
Ferdinando Ruano
- ? [at Bajadoz, Spain?] – † 1559
- papal Librarian and Scribe under and close collaborator of Marcello Cervini
- created several catalogues of manuscripts in the Vatican Library
- developed an antiqua font based on ancient models but entirely newly constructed geometrically: Sette alphabeti di varie lettere / formati con ragion geometrica. Roma: Dorico, 1554. [online]
- biography: DBI: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ferdinando-ruano_(Dizionario-Biografico)