The Invention of Printing.: A Collection of Facts and Opinions, Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards, the Block-Books of the Fifteenth Century, the Legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the Work of John Gutenberg and His AssociatesDe Vinne, Theodore Low
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The Invention of Printing.: A Collection of Facts and Opinions, Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards, the Block-Books of the Fifteenth Century, the Legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the Work of John Gutenberg and His Associates
De Vinne, Theodore Low
Incunabula -- Bibliography; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents
This is the translated title of a thin block-book of ten leaves, which
was intended to explain the Lord’s Prayer by illustration. The blocks
are printed in brown ink on one side of the paper. The _Exercise_ is in
the popular form of dialogue.
In the illustration No. 1, the monk _Frater_ begs the angel _Oratio_
to teach him the Lord’s Prayer. And these are the lessons that are
taught:
2. _Our Father who art in Heaven._ Christ, the Monk, and the Angel
kneel.
3. _Hallowed be thy name._ The Monk, the Angel, Christ, and the Church
represented by a female figure, are kneeling. On the right the Virgin
and Holy Child.
4. _Thy kingdom come._ A representation of Purgatory: in the upper
part, the wicked surrounded by flames; in the lower part, Jews and
Pagans in the fiery lake.
5. _Thy will be done._ The Almighty in the clouds, and before him the
Angel and the Monk kneeling. On the right, a good Christian and an
Angel. In the centre, two bad men who are rejecting the Eucharist. In
the foreground, the Jews and Pagans throw down the cup and are pouring
out its contents.
_Scroll in No. 5._ Frater and Oratio kneeling before God. ‹f›Fiat
voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra.‹/f› Let Thy will be done in
Heaven as on earth. . . . _The Angel to the right._ ‹f›Qui stat videat
ne cadat.‹/f› Let him who may stand take heed lest he fall . . . _The
Good Christian._ [p223] ‹f›Gratia Dei sum id quod sum.‹/f› Thanks to
God that I am what I am. . . . _The Jews._ ‹f›Quis est Jesus filius
fabri?‹/f› Who is Jesus but the son of the carpenter? _The Pagans._
‹f›Quis noster dominus est?‹/f› Who is our Lord? . . . . _The Bad
Christians._ ‹f›Ducamus in bonis dies nostros.‹/f› We guide ourselves
to salvation.
6. _Give us this day our daily bread._ In the centre, three loaves
of bread on a table, around which is Charity, robed as a queen, with
three other figures. On one side the Monk and Angel kneeling; on the
other, a Knight in armor.
7. _Forgive us our trespasses._ Christ standing on the altar, the
blood pouring from his side in a basin, from which several persons
fill their cups.
8. _Lead us not into temptation._ The disobedient, proud, gluttonous
and avaricious surround a table. Death carries away the foremost.
9. _Deliver us from evil._ A representation of Hell. The disobedient
man in the power of the Devil. The damned making supplication to the
Almighty.
10. _Amen._ A view of Paradise, with the happiness of the blessed.
[p224]
[Illustration: Fac-simile of the Fifth Illustration of the Exercise on
the Lord’s Prayer.
Engraving in the original print is 7-1/8 by 7-1/2 American inches.
[From Holtrop.]]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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