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[[File:Lengua de Signos (Juan Pablo Bonet, 1620) A.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Letter "A" from the sign language book by [[Juan Pablo Bonet]], 1620.]]
[[File:Lengua de Signos (Juan Pablo Bonet, 1620) A.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Letter "A" from the sign language book by [[Juan Pablo Bonet]], 1620.]]


'''Diego de Astor''' was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under [[El Greco|Domenico Theotocopuli]], and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the [[Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda|Mint]] of [[Segovia]], and was also employed to engrave the [[Seal (emblem)|royal seals]]. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to [[Diego de Colmenares|Colmenares]]' ''Historia de Segovia'' (Madrid, 1640), and a series of plates of the first documented manual alphabet for the purpose of deaf education in [[Juan Pablo Bonet|Bonet]]'s book on Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos ("Summary of the letters and the art of teaching speech to the mute") .<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886-9</ref>
'''Diego de Astor''' was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under [[El Greco|Domenico Theotocopuli]], and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the [[Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda|Mint]] of [[Segovia]], and was also employed to engrave the [[Seal (emblem)|royal seals]]. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to [[Diego de Colmenares|Colmenares]]' ''Historia de Segovia'' (Madrid, 1640), and a series of plates of the first documented manual alphabet for the purpose of deaf education in [[Juan Pablo Bonet|Bonet]]'s book ''{{lang|es|Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos}}'' ("Summary of the letters and the art of teaching speech to the mute") .<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886-9</ref>


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Latest revision as of 18:41, 2 March 2022

Letter "A" from the sign language book by Juan Pablo Bonet, 1620.

Diego de Astor was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' Historia de Segovia (Madrid, 1640), and a series of plates of the first documented manual alphabet for the purpose of deaf education in Bonet's book Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos ("Summary of the letters and the art of teaching speech to the mute") .[1]

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  1. ^ Bryan,1886-9

References[edit]

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Astor, Diego de". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.