The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 190
The Abbot. The Mendicant Friar. Death despoils the Abbot of his mitre and crozier, He is about to enter his convent with his money-boxand drags him away. The Abbot resists, and is and wallet, when Death seizes him by the cowl, about to throw his breviary at his adversary. and compels him to leave… … The Preacher. The Knight. Death, with a stole abouthis neck, stands behind the After escaping perils in numerous combats, thePreacher, and holds a jaw-bone over his head, inti- Knight ineffectually resists the onset of Death, mating that he is the more forcible teacher. and is vanquished by one…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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