El Incunable (Spanish Edition)
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Collins Dictionary of the English Language states that incunabulum is a noun meaning 1. Any book published before ; or 2. The infancy or earliest stages of something, beginnings. The Spanish word contains the root "cuna" - cradle: Spanish speakers will understand that this is to do with the infancy of map-making.
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The derivation of "incunabulum", however, is more obscure, so "an incunabulum map" would probably not be a satisfactory translation; a longer form of words seems to be required. You're right, even a latinist would struggle.
The best I can come up with is pre Gutenberg. Anyone able to better this?
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
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Incunable Book of Hours of Condotiero Ferrante d'Este,
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Book of Hours of Bishop Due to the fact the method of printing using movable type spread across the world at different rates and at different times, post-incunabula are generally taken to be those books which have the same characteristics as incunabula, but which were not printed during the incunabulum period 15th century. These 40 works are part of a hundred proposed by the director of GW, Falk Eisermann. Original preserved in the National Library of Spain symbol I Inculabulum dated and printed in Gothic script Post-incunabulum arithmetic in Gothic script Inculabulum unique in the world Inculabulum illustrated Inculabulum themed:
Codex, Incunabula, Ancient books. Origin of the words incunabulum plural: About incunabula and antiquarian books: Inculabulum dated and printed in Gothic script. Post-incunabulum arithmetic in Gothic script. Inculabulum unique in the world. The dates based on which books can be classified as incunabula are subject to convention, having been established over time, as is the case with old books.
Old books are usually taken to be those books which were printed before the beginning of the 19th century, but this varies from library to library, bookseller to bookseller, bibliophile to bibliophile, and over time. Due to the fact the method of printing using movable type spread across the world at different rates and at different times, post-incunabula are generally taken to be those books which have the same characteristics as incunabula, but which were not printed during the incunabulum period 15th century.
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For example, the books printed in Venice cease to have similar characteristics to those of the initial printing period from onwards, as stated by Haebler in his Handbuch der Inkunabelkunde , but the books printed in England and Spain retain the characteristics of incunabula until the early 16th century. In general, a post-incunabulum is a book which is printed in the 16th century, but which maintains the more primitive characteristics of the books printed during the incunabulum period. Konrad Haebler created a world map concerning the spread of printing, detailing the year in which printing arrived in important cities.
Although recent research has made some minor modifications to these details, there are certain books which are especially emblematic of the dawn of printing in particular countries.