Thanks Adam, for these details of early book production. I always marvel at how people of 500 years ago produced books with such precision. As a teen, I worked in a printing house in Stockholm, gathering up the used type, melting them down and pouring new ingots for the linotypists. I love watching your youtube videos. Thanks for your inspiration.
What a magnificent talk! It never occurred to me to think about how much time each individual book would have taken to produce. What an illuminating approach! You didn't mention anything about making the paper, folding it after printing, and then sewing it into quires. I think that -- especially making the paper -- would add a considerable number of hours to the overall project. Thanks so much!
Thanks. Yes since I speak without a script I forgot to say perhaps I assume the paper is already available as paper making like making vellum etc was a separate time intensive process.
Great information! I have a 1535 Erasmus Greek/Latin New Testament with the exact clasped binding and size (HxWxT), so this estimate is useful to me also. Thanks, Adam! 😀👍
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Great item. A workshop with experienced people in it would I think have been quicker. Please try to include more cut away shots earlier on in your items so we can see what you’re talking about also hold them for longer, your sound is all we need over some good clear close up shots.
That was a very informative video, thankyou. I'm getting a bit OCD about those books on the right hand side of the little bookcase that seem right on the edge of toppling lol
Wow can you imagine a book over 500 years old !! I would LOVE to own a book like that ❤ - I saw your post to win a book - on Instagram - I'm now subscribed to your RU-vid & think I have been missing out on your content.. Happy New Year
It would have been unaffordable to common people. I would say probably $3k in today’s terms but that is a very loose calculation. A 1900 book or Mark Twain could sell for $3 which is about $300 today. The same book today might cost $10. So clearly books have become orders of magnitude cheaper
