An Essay on Colophons, with Specimens and Translations
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The book is An Essay on Colophons, with Specimens and Translations, and the text calls the development of the colophon in the printed book the subject of Mr. Pollard's essay. The text quotes the saying that three fingers hold the pen, but the whole body toils. The text quotes the words, Thanks be to God, I, Warembert, wrote this book in God's name. The text quotes an injunction in a manuscript of the fourteenth century that whoever pursues his studies in the book should be careful to handle the leaves gently and delicately, so as to avoid tearing them by reason of their thinness.
The text says manuscripts frequently contain anathemas against the pernicious race of book thieves. The text says that, as to advertisements of cheapness, another colophon partly in verse may be taken as an example, in addition to instances already incidentally noted. The index lists, among others, Itinerarius, De componendis versibus and Mirror of the World.
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- Alfred W. Pollard
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- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 119
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