ISBN: 9780919026087 - in praise of scribes: de laude scriptorum (1 Ergebnisse)

[0-919026-08-7] 1977. (hardcover) Fine. 47pp. Fine. Limited Edition of 485 copies. This is #31. Frontis. In 1465, John of Trittenheim, at the age of twenty-one, became Abbot of the monastery of Sponheim and began to build a library that reached 2000 volumes by 1505. This was when printing began to replace the handwritten work of scribes and Trittenheim wrote this book as a gentle plea that the art of handwriting by scribes should not be neglected or dismissed. His thoughts are as relevant now as they were 500 years ago given computers and AI. A fine unmarked copy. Translated by Elizabeth Bryson Bongie. Edited & with an introduction by Michael S. Batts.…