MDIA 1010 Lecture 8: 8th Session
22 Dec 2016
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Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years. First representation of a printing press by matthias hus 1499: shown as a dance of death, also shows how the press and the bookshop occupy the same location. In the early period of printing in europe, the printing, editing and selling of the books was usually done by the same people. The use of press for publisher (as in ohio university press) still signals this unity. Indulgence letter printed by gutenberg (1454: indulgence le5er printed by gutenberg in 1454. Indulgences were legal documents signed by the pope. By donating to the church, people received a wri5en promise of redemption: the church was an important customer, and popular religion a major market for. Gutenberg: gutenberg would also print other one-page publications such as calendars, prayers, listings of dates and their respective saints, best days for bloodletting, lunar phases.
