02882cam a22004811 4500 9296431 20250608041445.1 cr ||||||||||| 981215s1470 gw a 000 0 lat 9296431 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg he11 2020-05-13 TW situational he11 2020-05-13 49039040 (DLC) 49039040 DLC DLC DLC Incun. X .A88 Ars memorandi per figuras Evangelistarum. [Germany, ca. 1470] [30] leaves. illus. 27 cm. Block book. Printed in brown ink on one side of leaves only, on versos and rectos alternately, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Of each printed pair, one is text, the other illus. Designed to aid in remembering the Gospels by means of symbols. LC copy: illus. and initials hand-colored. From leaf [2] to [29] the blank sides are pasted together. Provenance: Bishop Butler, Holford. DLC Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.), IV, p. 134-145 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 21 A block book printed in Germany in the early 1470s, was thought at one time to predate Gutenberg and the art of printing with movable type. This view was held until Allan Stevenson began his research into the paper stocks found in block books and his investigation reveled that only one example contained paper made before 1465. This block book was printed in sepia ink on one side of the leaf only, with the text and image facing alternating verso and recto leaves. In this copy the blank sides of the leaves have been pasted together to produce a continuous text. This book was designed as a memory guide for the reader. This copy was formerly in the libraries of Dr. Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield and Robert and Sir George Holford. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Bible. Gospels Study and teaching. Block books Specimens. Incunabula Germany 1470. rbgenr Butler, Samuel, 1774-1839, former owner. DLC Holford, Robert Stayner, 1808-1892, former owner. DLC Holford, George Lindsay, 1860-1926, former owner. DLC Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Germany. Page view rbc0001 2009rosen0021 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rosenwald.0021.1 rbc/scd rbc/rosen rbc/digital/rosen rbc/rosendgt pmpull scd rarebk/octavo OAI c-RareBook Incun. X .A88 Copy 1 Rosenwald Coll PREM