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Leaf Book - Ovide Moralias . C. Mansion Bruges 1484. (1963) Amsterdam 40 copies {F IB B7M2 1484h leaf {Berklay -In the 8 yrs. that Colard Maosnio referred to himself as a printer , 24 ed., it is now assumed , were produced by his press , 13 of them - his name or device. He left Bruges in late summer of 1484. - It is a wide known fact that in the 16th C, the 15 C books rapidly disappeared from market . Even when incunabula contained texts which were still read & studied in the 16th C , a new reading public asked for new, modern editions.
Carolus Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) Critica Botanica (1737) - ranks - the Systema Naturae of 1735 & the Fundamenta Botanica of 1736 as one of the 3 major works of theEnglish - Dutch period of his career (1735 - 38) in which he developed the foundation for his classification & terminology of plants while studing & travelling . The outcome of all these studies , the Philosophica Botanica did not appear until 1751. Missale Aboenae - Finland's 1st printed book. 1488.
Altogether about 125 - or perhaps 140 but probably not more books in Hebrew letters are known to have been printed before 1501.
No block book example survives before 1455 although they were made before & after Gutenberg.
Appenzell, Switz. - "Many plants against illness, none against death".
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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.
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Bartholomaeus , the englishman , fl. at Oxford & Paris about 1220 & was probably a pupil of Robert Grossetest . His written about 1230-40 was immensely popular for about 3 C... it was one of the books which the Paris students could hire for a definite price ... it is clear that Bartholomeau s' encyclopedia was remarkably comprehensive & methodical... his geography & natural history were more advanced & his descriptions of plants & animals contain original touches which are exceedingly delightful. His herbal was by far the most notable work of its kind written by an Englishman in the Middle Ages. The political geography of Europe contains a quantity of information which had not been put together before. Santon, Intro, to the history of science , II , p.586 F.S. Rohde's treatise , Old English Herbals , London . 1922. compiled c.1235 by the Franciscan Bartholomeau from England, who taught theology at Paris & later at the school of his order at Magdeburg. The work is a summary of knowledge current among educated men of the Middle Ages . It is much more extensive than any earlier books on the same subject - especially the Geography chapter XV shows an advanced state of knowledge , describing 173 countries & provinces. English S.T.C. P.H. (winter) Sarum P.E. (Summer) I. Temporale from Advent (4th Sunday before Christmas) to the week following Pentecost (Whitsun , 7th Sun. after Easter) Proprium Sanctorum from St. Andrew's Evo (29 Nov.) to the festival of Marcus & Marcellus (June 18) Temporale from the Eve of Trinity Sun. (8th Sun. after Easter) Proprium Sanctorum from St. Dunstan's day (May 18) to the festival of Saturninus & Sisinnius (29 Nov.)
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Apud - Latin for 'at the house of' or obtainable at.
the nun Ende is the 1st Christian woman painter known to us by name - Beatus manuscript - cathedral at Gerona
All there is on the title page of the 1st Bible - a title page are the words "Textus Bible" -printed by J. Pruss , Strassburg , 1486.
Latin Vulgate taken to England in 597 by Augustine of Kent ca 670 Song of Caedmon - an anglo saxon paraphrase into verse of biblical narrative from old & new testament. ca 700 Psaltar of Aldelm ca 735 Venerable Bede ca 896 King Alfred the Great ca 950 Aldred the Priest ca 990 Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury. ca 1325 William of Snoreham. Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole. 1382 Bible , John Wycliffe.
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