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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Oh, I was measuring it by the 1150 AD printed Bible, I think it was the Gutenberg. King James English, I'm pretty sure.
189 posted on 01/03/2006 12:52:05 PM PST by Californiajones ("The apprehension of beauty is the cure for apathy" - Thomas Aquinas)
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To: Californiajones

Gutenberg Bible 1455. In Latin. IN 1150, it would have been in Latin, too, but handwritten. King James 1611. Geneva Bible: 1560. First book printed in English is generally believed to be Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, 1475.

University of Cambridge, for instance, was founding in this general time period (about 1135), and a bit later in the century, Henry II would forbid students to go abroad to study at the University of Paris (1167).

This WAS the height of the 12th Century renaissance, but printing was a bit down the road.


205 posted on 01/03/2006 2:34:55 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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