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Verso - the left hand page of an opening Left hand pages
bear even page numbers.
recto - rt. hand pages uneven numbers.

Imperial 2o
folio Royal 2o Median 2o
Chancery 2o c. 30cm

Catholicon - dated 1460 , but possibly printed somewhat later (it is
generally accepted that certain reprintings from the
original type occured as late as the 1470's)
- printed by J. Fust & P. Schoffer.
- suggested that the book was printed from solid slugs or
blocks of type containing 2 lines of text.

Printing in Mexico began about 1539 - a century before the
1st printing in the U.S. - 220 books printed before 1601.

-The interwoven vines ending in round leaves typify the style
used in scriptorie of the Ottonian monasteries at Reichenair &
St. Gall . Unlike the Carolingian rulers , whose scribes & illuminators
Getty
Museum
worked at imperial court , Ottonian (named for Otto I [912-73])
rulers turned to illuminators at these court supported
monasteries.
-Charlemagne (E 742 - 814) As part of an effort to advance learning.
the written alphabet was clarified & regularized, based on a
script that in Charlemagne's time was assumed to be ancient.

1991
[$9500?]
book fair
Species Plantarum. 1753. 8' 203 x 124mm
Livineaus.

cuneiform writing (Latin - cuneus "wedge") evolved from a semipictoral
form - early 2000 B.C. - came to be used for 15 different
languages spread over Iran, Syria & Turkey.