Printing and writing materials: their evolution (1901)
Smith, Adele Millicent · Philadelphia, The author · leaf 44
te and unquestioned date is the St. Chris-topher of 1423. It is a rude wood-engraving,about 8 by 11 inches, and represents the Saintcarrying the infant Saviour across a river. Thisprint was discovered by Heinecken, in 1769,pasted inside the binding of an old manuscriptvolume of 1417, in the library… … I^L^ ^llfttwettiftncncemaianoa mourns ♦Ite^tcaur :-<^ THE EVXHEIM SAIM CHRlSTurHEE, 1423. PRINTING IN EUROPE 19 Rylands, of Manchester, England.^ In the bookwhich contained the St. Christopher was also foundanother ima2:e print, the Annunciation, by some The Annun- ^ ^ 7 ^ ciation. thought to be…
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