Texts in transit : manuscript to proof and print in the fifteenth century / Lotte Hellinga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellinga, Lotte, author.

Series:

Library of the written word ; Volume 38.

Library of the written word. Handpress world ; Volume 29.

Library of the Written Word, 1874-4834 ; Volume 38

Handpress World ; Volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Europe--History--Origin and antecedents.

Printing.

Proofs (Printing)--History.

Proofs (Printing).

Transmission of texts--Europe--History--To 1500.

Transmission of texts.

Criticism, Textual--Case studies.

Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After Gutenberg’s Bible had appeared in print in 1455, other early printers found different ways to solve problems set by the new technique. Survival of printer’s copy or proofs permits rare views of compositors and printers manipulating a text before it emerged in its new form. Versions were corrected to be fit for purpose, and might be adapted for a much enlarged readership, especially if the language was vernacular. The printing press itself required careful measuring and fitting of texts. In twelve case-studies Lotte Hellinga explores what is revealed in printer’s copy and proofs used in diverse printing houses, covering the period from 1459 to the 1490's, and ranging from Rome and Venice to Mainz and Westminster. See also the companion volume by the same author, Incunabula in Transit (Brill, 2017).

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Press and Text in the First Decades of Printing

The Text in the Printing House: Printer’s Copy

List of Printer’s Copy Used in the Fifteenth Century

Proofreading and Printing in Mainz in 1459

Augustinus, De civitate Dei, Printed at Subiaco in 1467

Poggio’s Facetiae in Print

Poggio Bracciolini’s Historia fiorentina in Manuscript and Print

The First Book Printed in Oxford

Two Editors, Three Printers: M.T. Cicero, Orationes Printed in Venice, 1471–1480

From Poggio to Caxton: Early Translations of Some of Poggio’s Latin Facetiae

The Travels of Marco Polo and Gheraert Leeu

The History of Jason: From Manuscripts for the Burgundian Court to Printed Books for Readers in the Towns of Holland

Nicholas Love’s Mirror in Print

Wynkyn de Worde and The book of St Albans

William Caxton and the Malory Manuscript

Indexes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27900-8

OCLC:

890982183