Anna James – Pusey House Library

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hings-happen-in-threes-or-at-least-medieval- manuscripts-do/ "Sumerian 26th c Adab" by Unknown jpg. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons th_c_Adab.jpg#/media/File:Sumerian_26th_c_Ada b.jpg " Byzantine Museum, Athens - Parchement scroll, 13th century - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 12" by G.dallorto - Own work. Licensed under Attribution via Commons - _Byzantine_Museum,_Athens_- _Parchement_scroll,_13th_century_- _Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_Nov_12.jpg#/me dia/File:2049_-_Byzantine_Museum,_Athens_- _Parchement_scroll,_13th_century_- _Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_Nov_12.jpg

1454 or 1455 "Gutenberg bible Old Testament Epistle of St Jerome" by Johannes Gutenberg - From a scan at the Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin /. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - ld_Testament_Epistle_of_St_Jerome.jpg#/media/File:Gutenbe rg_bible_Old_Testament_Epistle_of_St_Jerome.jpg

1454/5-ca. 1820

Xylographic printing – 8 th century Movable type – 11 th century 50%20- %20Chinese%20invent%20movable%20type %20print

Handpress (Bodleian Print Room)

 15 th century: Most of Europe  England (1476), Scotland (1507), Ireland (1551)  16 th century: South America, North Africa, Southern India, Japan  17 th century: North America  18 th century re-introduced to Asia  19 th century: China

Incunabulum = Baby not old enough to sleep in its own bed. Caxton's Chaucer: Prologue page of the Canterbury Tales with an illustration of a knight on horseback, c.1485? ©BL

Singular Incunable / Incunabulum Plural Incunables / Incunabula Caxton's Chaucer: Prologue page of the Canterbury Tales with an illustration of a knight on horseback, c.1485? ©BL

"Gutenberg bible Old Testament Epistle of St Jerome" by Johannes Gutenberg - From a scan at the Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin /. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - ld_Testament_Epistle_of_St_Jerome.jpg#/media/File:Gutenbe rg_bible_Old_Testament_Epistle_of_St_Jerome.jpg

Caxton's Chaucer: Prologue page of the Canterbury Tales with an illustration of a knight on horseback, c.1485? ©BL

Nuremberg Chronicle bank/?textsearch=nuremberg&file_type= &media_type=&theme=&sortby=date- desc

Qu’ran, British Museum m/2012/03/19/the-beauty-of-an- unbound-book/

WOODCUTS Very early books Very cheap books Heavy lines

ENGRAVING & ETCHING Slightly more subtle?

Printed separately from text Often separate plate Squished paper

 Title pages didn’t catch on so quickly  Books usually sold without covers until c.19 th  See blank outer pages in shop, protecting the text

Bulla Cruciata contra Turcos /start.htm

John Fortescue, A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande (1st English ed, 1567) " by Smuconlaw. - Own work.. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - /File:John_Fortescue,_A_Learned_Co mmendation_of_the_Politique_Lawes _of_Englande_(1st_English_ed,_1567, _colophon)_- _ jpg#/media/File:John_Fort escue,_A_Learned_Commendation_o f_the_Politique_Lawes_of_Englande_( 1st_English_ed,_1567,_colophon)_- _ jpg

 Books usually sold without covers until c.19 th  See blank outer pages in shop, protecting the text  Title page invented 1463  Started to put publication details on title page  Title page now important  See blank outer pages in shop, protecting the text…

 Integral covers  Cheaper paper  Overlooked in past

What is it? Who else has it? Why do you have it?

That’s the most important thing