COM CO 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Henry Luce, Sound Recording And Reproduction, Dewitt Wallace
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Known as scribes, they transcribed most of the existing philosophical tracts and religious texts of the period, especially versions of the bible: many books from the middle ages were illuminated manuscripts. Often made for churches or wealthy clients, these books featured decorative, colorful designs and illustrations on each page: during this period, scribes developed rules of punctuation. 868 ce: the next stop in printing was the radical development of movable type, first invented in china around the year 1000. The gutenberg revolution: the invention of the printing press: In germany, between 1453 and 1456, gutenberg used the principles of movable type to develop a mechanical printing press, which he adapted from the design of wine presses. It was printed on a fine calfskin-based parchment called vellum. It formed the prototype for all mass production: chaucer"s canterbury tales became the first english work to be printed in book form. The birth of publishing in the united states: