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 275
tis like soft wax, which assumes the shapeof all forms impressed upon it. Does,for instance, the stamp contain a lion ?the soft wax will contain the same ; andif it bears an ear, the soft wax will bearthe same figure. So one thing signifies,sometimes the Devil, and sometimesChrist. However, we… … THE SPECULUM SALUTIS. 269 slaughter, he represented not Christ butthe Devil. And when he loved his ene-mies, and did them good, he borewithin him the figure of Christ and not of the Devil This is why I have noticed these remarkable things here,for I thought it useful to those whostudy the Holy…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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