Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (page 1/3)

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Tall Bookcase

A bespectacled gentleman sits reading a large book in front of the end of a tall bookcase. This was originally used as a drop cap for the initial letter I in ‘IN’. [more...] [$]

Front Cover, Pentateuch of Printing

The outside of the book. [$]

Title Page, Pentateuch of Printing

Two stern figures hold up an ornate title page. [more...] [$]

From the Biblia Pauperum. Block Book. 15th Century.

This image is taken from a fifteenth century “Speculum humanæ salvationis”, probably from the first Latin edition of around 1470. The panels represent the fall of Lucifer and the creation of Eve from Adam, respectively. [more...] [$]

A Line of Composed Type

“When the end of a line was reached, and there was no room for more words and yet some space left, the compositor by placing a little extra space between the words made the line fill out the stick. This was called ‘justifying” the line. Each line was lifted out of the stick and placed on a wooden board; thus line after line was [...] [more...] [$]