Bembo

/ (Italian ˈbɛmbo) /

noun

Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1470–1547, Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1539). His treatise Prose della volgar lingua (1525) helped to establish a standard form of literary Italian

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British Dictionary definitions for Bembo (2 of 2)

Bembo²

/ (ˈbɛmbəʊ) /

noun

a style of type

Origin of Bembo

C20: named after Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal, because the design of the typeface was based on one used for an edition of his tract De ætna by the printer Aldus Manutius

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How to use Bembo in a sentence

One of the most eminent (Bembo) considers it to be nothing more than an unconnected string of proverbs.
The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch | Petrarch
She half heard Bembo's rapid high-pitched excitement over trifles.
The Happy End | Joseph Hergesheimer
Bembo, cardinal and man of letters, was born in Venice in 1470 and died in 1547.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I | Francis W. Halsey
The famous Cardinal Bembo and other literati made the island their retreat, and beautified it with gardens and fountains.
Venetian Life | William Dean Howells
Then the Calle Bembo, and then various offices on the fondamenta, under chiefly red façades.
A Wanderer in Venice | E.V. Lucas

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