http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/
From the University of Iowa Libraries comes The Atlas
of Early Printing, an interactive map and timeline that illustrates the rise of
the printing press in fifteenth century Europe. Users are invited to manipulate
the timeline in order to explore how printing and institutions related to printing
(such as universities and paper mills) spread across geography and time.
Visitors can learn more about a specific place or event by clicking on pins
that appear on the map. These visualization tools are accompanied by essays
about the early history of print in Europe, including the technical process of
early printing (be sure to check out the three-dimensional animation of how the
hand press works, available in the Printing Press Model Tab). In addition, the
15th Century Book section features a consideration of the physical properties
of a single book (in this case, a 1490 manuscript entitled Scriptores
Historiae Augustae) and what they can reveal about the history of
printing.
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