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[inserted] from Haebler [end inserted] Enhard Ratdolt was orn at Augusburg about 1447. From
1474 he settled in Venice + with German partners he
established a press in 1476 which from 1478 till 1486
he managed alone. The bishops Johann von Wendenberg +
Fridrich von Hohenzollern having begged him several Times
to settle in Augsburg, he at last complied to thier request
All the Types Ratfolt uses are of his own design. His
Types without exception are not imitated from manuscript
models byt are more or less closely connected to the
types of other presses; + of course Ratdolt's types
are almost exclusively cut after Italian models.
-Augsburg (1486-1527) missals, breviaries + clerical books of
[inserted] Z1008 B58I No. 1 Ref. [end inserted] the diocese which issued from his press during the next 20
yrs innane profusion. He brought back to Augsburg to him
many of this woodcuts + initial letters + he produced
fresh editions of most of the works which had first
seen the light at Venice. His printing was hence foreward
mostly in Gothic type + certain of his works lack the care +
finish bestowed upon all that he did at Venice.
With the possible [?u?] caption of the Gospels the most popular
book of the Bible in the middle ages was the Psalter. It enhoyed
supreme popularity from the 8th C onward + was only
superseded by the Book of Homs in the Latin West during the
14th C.