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

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Typographia

Typographia stands with her robe and chain(??), holding a book out to a cherub with a press; another cherub sets type. [$]

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...] [$]

The “lay” of a pair of type cases (upper case).

This is the top half of the figure, the upper case. In the actual type tray, individual sorts, or pieces of type, would be stored in the compartment indicated. Note that the actual compartments are open; a type tray generally does not have a lid, so you had to learn where the letters went. [more...] [$]

Title Page, Pentateuch of Printing

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

Scriptorium Monk at Work

Scriptorium Monk at Work (from Lacroix.) [more...] [$]