Woodcut Illustrations
The origins of printing are obscure, and it has sometimes been supposed
that the late 14th-century development of woodcuts, which could supply
illustrations more quickly and cost-effectively, provided the inspiration
for reproducing words mechanically as well. This Book of Hours shows the
fusion of mechanical means of reproduction for both image and text. The
colored and highlighted initials, however, were supplied by professionals
known as rubricators, who had performed this service throughout the Middle
Ages.
Book of Hours. Paris, 1503.
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