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Mackle removed from a bookbinding, whereby the separate fragments are brought together again to reconstruct the original vellum leaf.

year: 1450-1500

type: tekstbladzijde
page
detail: nee
dimensions: 29,4 x 21,3 cm
related persons: Donatus, Aelius
related terms: maculatuur boekbinden schoolboeken prototypografie
period: 15e eeuw
classification:
F: Bindkunst
M3: Maatschappijwetenschappen

contents: Mackle, consisting of 17 strips which were use to strenghten the book block of a manuscript from the second half of the fifteenth century. The mackle is produced from a page of a 'Donatus', a small schoolbook written by Aelius Donatus. This is one of the first works printed in the Netherlands, belonging to the so-called prototypography.

origineel:
source: Donatus, Aelius - Ars minor. 15e eeuw.
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 150 C 66

©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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