David Shaw
@davidshaw41.bsky.social
Book historian, active in the Bibliographical Society, lives in Canterbury (UK), plays early music wind instruments
There are digitised copies of the work linked in the ISTC record: data.cerl.org/istc/is00820...
ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue)
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December 25, 2024 at 1:48 PM
There are digitised copies of the work linked in the ISTC record: data.cerl.org/istc/is00820...
The use of these makeshift characters continues throughout the volume. It looks as though the printer's fount has no numerals. The text of Suetonius uses roman numerals throughout. The printer also had no Greek fount: spaces are left throughout, as is common in books printed at this early date.
December 25, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The use of these makeshift characters continues throughout the volume. It looks as though the printer's fount has no numerals. The text of Suetonius uses roman numerals throughout. The printer also had no Greek fount: spaces are left throughout, as is common in books printed at this early date.