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Gutenberg's Second Invention: The 1460 Mainz Catholicon

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Location
Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801
Date
Oct 23, 2025   3:00 - 5:00 pm  
Speaker
Paul Needham
Contact
Carrie Lingscheit
E-Mail
carriel@illinois.edu
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More than 500 years after its printing, the production details of the Catholicon are still a hotly-debated topic in incunabula research. Scheide Librarian Emeritus (Princeton) Paul Needham will present his findings that it was printed not from movable type, as had been presumed, but instead by means of two-line stereotypes – a technology previously thought to have only been invented several hundred years later. The RBML’s recently acquired copy of the 1469 edition will be on display. 

This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

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