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90: 159:(1955) makes these observations "the type is about a third smaller than that of the 42-line Bible; it is considerably more economical and thus marks an important step towards varying as well as cheapening book-production by the careful choice of type"; "the book contains a colophon which it is difficult to believe to have been written by anybody but the inventor of printing himself". 187: 109:, with the date 1460; it is unclear who did the printing though Gutenberg himself was once regarded as the printer responsible. It was printed with a newly cut bastarda, a small but easily readable, still gothically influenced, printing type, using sixty-six lines of forty letters in each column. 150:
has been printed and accomplished without the help of reed, stylus or pen but by the wondrous agreement, proportion and harmony of punches and types, in the year of our Lord's incarnation 1460 in the noble city of Mainz of the renowned German nation ...".
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puts forward the thesis that the Catholicon was printed in the same year (around 1469), but on three different presses by three different printers, who cooperated in a joint venture.
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has presented the revolutionary theory that the Catholicon was printed by means of two-line stereotypes or "slugs", a technology not documented in any form until after 1700.
163: 78: 120:, 1469 and 1472. The typesetting of these three impressions is almost identical. For the explanation of this phenomenon the historian of printing 268: 428: 423: 71: 39:. Some of the entries contain encyclopedic information, and a Latin grammar is also included. The work was created by 81:
which was published 5 November 1499 (the first printed French dictionary and the first ever trilingual dictionary).
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was printed in three impressions, which, on the basis of the papers used, can be assigned to the years around
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of the book (in Latin) refers to the technology used: "With the help of the Most High ... this noble book
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Hellinga, Lotte (1993). "Das Mainzer Catholicon und Gutenbergs Nachlaß. Neudatierung und Auswirkungen".
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suggests that the book may have been printed using metal types wired together in two-line units.
372:, 14th century manuscript, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. Ms-978. 202: 143: 135:
The correct attribution of the Catholicon to its printers is one of the knotty problems of
8: 418: 413: 408: 361: 333: 312: 106: 64: 316: 264: 36: 366: 304: 77:, a Latin-Breton-French dictionary compiled in 1464 by a priest of Tréguier called 52: 384: 375: 152: 48: 390:, 14th century manuscript (1325), Wroclaw University Library. Ms IV F 70 wol. 2. 325:
Gutenberg - Aventur und Kunst. Vom Geheimunternehmen zur ersten Medienrevolution
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was one of the first books to be printed, using the new printing technology of
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Entries for the letters T and U in a Bayerische Staatsbibliothek's copy of the
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was one of the first books to be printed, using the new printing technology of
397: 197: 191: 349: 117: 125: 381:, 14th century manuscript, Wroclaw University Library. Ms IV F 70 wol. 1. 89: 136: 40: 357: 295:
Needham, Paul (1982). "Johann Gutenberg and the Catholicon Press".
190: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 56: 168:
Johannes Gutenberg – Der Erfinder des Buchdrucks und seine Zeit
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A summary of the problem is to be found in (only in German):
44: 32: 51:, who finished it on March 7, 1286. The work served in the 31:(from the Greek Καθολικόν, universal), is a 13th-century 210: 338:(in German). Mainz: Verlag der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft. 43:(Johannes Januensis de Balbis or Johannes Balbus), of 297:
The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
395: 263:. Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers. 246:; 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin; pp. 18-19 35:dictionary which found wide use throughout 22:Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon 358:Rare Book and Special Collections Division 195: 281: 242:Quotations from Steinberg, S. H. (1961) 88: 368:Liber qui dicitur Catholicon, editus... 294: 396: 356:leaves. 40.4 cm. (fol.) From the 331: 327:(in German). Mainz: Stadt Mainz. 2000. 258: 284:Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens 206:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 13: 252: 216: 84: 14: 440: 343: 196:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). 185: 70:It should be distinguished from 244:Five Hundred Years of Printing 236: 179: 170:. Piper-Verlag, Munich, 2000. 157:Five Hundred Years of Printing 1: 173: 16:13th-century Latin dictionary 7: 429:15th-century books in Latin 424:13th-century books in Latin 219:"Fallen and threaded types" 10: 445: 350:Balbi, Giovanni, d. 1298. 332:Zedler, Gottfried (1905). 309:10.1086/pbsa.76.4.24302468 259:Balbus, Joannes (1971) . 97:(f. 353 verso, 354 recto) 335:Das Mainzer Catholicon 98: 203:Catholic Encyclopedia 92: 386:Catholicon. Vol. II 362:Library of Congress 278:(facsimile reprint) 275:(facsimile reprint) 404:Latin dictionaries 377:Catholicon. Vol. I 107:Johannes Gutenberg 99: 65:Johannes Gutenberg 270:978-0-576-72240-7 55:to interpret the 37:Latin Christendom 436: 339: 328: 320: 291: 277: 247: 240: 234: 233: 231: 229: 214: 208: 207: 189: 188: 183: 53:late Middle Ages 444: 443: 439: 438: 437: 435: 434: 433: 394: 393: 346: 323: 271: 255: 253:Further reading 250: 241: 237: 227: 225: 217:Mosley, James. 215: 211: 198:"John of Genoa" 186: 184: 180: 176: 153:S. H. Steinberg 87: 85:Editio princeps 17: 12: 11: 5: 442: 432: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 392: 391: 382: 373: 364: 345: 344:External links 342: 341: 340: 329: 321: 303:(4): 395–565. 292: 279: 269: 254: 251: 249: 248: 235: 209: 177: 175: 172: 164:Andreas Venzke 122:Lotte Hellinga 86: 83: 79:Jehan Lagadeuc 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 441: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 401: 399: 389: 387: 383: 380: 378: 374: 371: 369: 365: 363: 359: 355: 353: 348: 347: 337: 336: 330: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 302: 298: 293: 289: 286:(in German). 285: 280: 276: 272: 266: 262: 257: 256: 245: 239: 224: 220: 213: 205: 204: 199: 193: 192:public domain 182: 178: 171: 169: 165: 160: 158: 154: 149: 145: 140: 138: 133: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 110: 108: 104: 96: 91: 82: 80: 76: 75: 68: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 29: 24: 23: 385: 376: 367: 351: 334: 324: 300: 296: 287: 283: 274: 260: 243: 238: 226:. Retrieved 222: 212: 201: 181: 167: 161: 156: 155:in his book 147: 141: 134: 130:Paul Needham 113: 111: 102: 100: 94: 73: 69: 60: 27: 26: 21: 20: 18: 223:Typefoundry 72:Lagadeuc's 419:Incunabula 414:1460 books 409:1286 books 398:Categories 352:Catholicon 290:: 395–416. 261:Catholicon 174:References 148:Catholicon 139:research. 137:incunabula 114:Catholicon 103:Catholicon 95:Catholicon 74:Catholicon 61:Catholicon 41:John Balbi 28:Catholicon 317:191746622 67:in 1460. 49:Dominican 228:14 April 144:colophon 360:at the 194::  59:. The 315:  267:  126:Mosley 313:S2CID 57:Bible 45:Genoa 33:Latin 25:, or 265:ISBN 230:2016 142:The 118:1460 112:The 101:The 47:, a 19:The 305:doi 400:: 311:. 301:76 299:. 288:40 273:. 221:. 200:. 166:: 388:. 379:. 370:. 354:. 319:. 307:: 232:.

Index

Latin
Latin Christendom
John Balbi
Genoa
Dominican
late Middle Ages
Bible
Johannes Gutenberg
Lagadeuc's Catholicon
Jehan Lagadeuc

Johannes Gutenberg
1460
Lotte Hellinga
Mosley
Paul Needham
incunabula
colophon
S. H. Steinberg
Andreas Venzke
public domain
"John of Genoa"
Catholic Encyclopedia
"Fallen and threaded types"
ISBN
978-0-576-72240-7
doi
10.1086/pbsa.76.4.24302468
S2CID
191746622

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