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Prothro B-174

Title

Subject

Description

Early printed novel using the more legible Roman type instead of Gothic. Likely used for reading at a lectern, this is a large Royal folio with hand decoration of initials.

Creator

Rusch, Adolph, printer.

Source

Prothro B-174. Biblia latina. [Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin and/or Adolf Rusch, c.1473].

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Medieval

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Royal folio with hand decoration

Collection

Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Citation

Rusch, Adolph, printer. , “Prothro B-174,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 11, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/760.