. Printing and writing materials: their evolution . r more thick folios and was written on finevellum. Although called the Bible of the Poor,this book was written for the clergy; the poor ofthe laity, however, were doubtless able to appre-ciate the pictures. It was the block-book mostoften reproduced, and was printed in both Latinand German. The edition supposed to be thefirst is in Latin, and contains neither date, place,nor name of printer. By some it is claimed tohave been printed in Germany, by others in Hol-land. The Biblia Pauperum consists of fortywood-engravings, printed on only one si
. Printing and writing materials: their evolution . r more thick folios and was written on finevellum. Although called the Bible of the Poor,this book was written for the clergy; the poor ofthe laity, however, were doubtless able to appre-ciate the pictures. It was the block-book mostoften reproduced, and was printed in both Latinand German. The edition supposed to be thefirst is in Latin, and contains neither date, place,nor name of printer. By some it is claimed tohave been printed in Germany, by others in Hol-land. The Biblia Pauperum consists of fortywood-engravings, printed on only one side of theleaf. The prints face each other, two pages ofpictures being followed by two blank pages. TheLife and Passion of Christ are represented, withparallel subjects taken from the Old origin of the Ars Moriendi is not known, ArsMoriendi, , . . c ,^ , -i or How to Die but it was a popular work long after the mtroduc- Becomingly. tion of the printing press. Its object is to set forththe temptations that beset both the good and the. rioirie (luf upoflffl oiije pairritnra OMtoid fignificiinmvcmawcmjfjtf. mumuaxmm\mit,pi^ii^i jjuof amour^mi|.^ttif<tafii0 (iri9ltita (irtlmfi) PAGE OF A DONATUS. [From Bouchot.]The original block is preserved in the National_Library at Paris. PRINTING IN EUROPE 25 bad in the hour of dissolution. Angels anddemons surround the bed of the dying person,and strive to win for themselves the departingsoul. A kind of dialogue is kept up betweenthe angels and Satan, which is set forth inthe scrolls. In the illustration which repre-sents the de
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