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The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 457

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underthe auspices of Gutenberg.^ If Gutenberg imitated the ^ Dona-tus, which was printed in Hollandbefore the time he himself printed atMayence, Gutenberg was not the inventor of printing. It was in 1450 thatGutenberg began to print at Mayence (Fig. 341) ; but from as early a dateas 1436 he had… … acolyiiiaiot. Fig. 340.—Wood-block, cut in France, about 1440,representing an Image of St. James the Great,with one of the Commandments as a Text.(National Library, Paris, Collection of Prints.) PRIXTLXG. 189

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