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dc.contributor.authorCaxton, William
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-25T13:40:51Z
dc.date.issued1480
dc.date.issued2020-03-25T13:40:51Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-25T13:40:51Z
dc.identifier.citationLeaf from "The Chronicles of England." Printed by William Caxton. London, 1480. Bentley Rare Book Museum.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://soar.kennesaw.edu/handle/11360/3515
dc.descriptionThis is a leaf from "The Chronicles of England" printed by William Caxton in 1480. William Caxton is generally known as the first English printer. "The Chronicles of England" is a comprehensive documentation of British history until 1461. This leaf was printed in blackletter font on rag linen paper. Interesting characteristics include rubrication (red letters used to direct the reader's attention to a specific word or phrase) and marginalia (writing or drawings in the margins created by a reader).en_US
dc.description.abstractA printed leaf from "The Chronicles of England." Printed in English by William Caxton.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPrinted by William Caxtonen_US
dc.subjectCaxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492en_US
dc.subjectLiterature and society--England--History--To 1500en_US
dc.titleLeaf from "The Chronicles of England"en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US


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    A selection of digitized manuscript leaves and book excerpts demonstrating the development of the written and printed word in the late medieval period and the early modern era in the West.

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