RBS faculty member Paul Needham (Princeton Univ.) gave a public lecture on "The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads" on 29 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/o4aMEB38slw?feature=shared.
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The ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ, whose colophon states that it was printed in Mainz, 1460, has been the subject of controversy for more than fifty years. Paul Needham argues that it was printed from thin two-line stereotypes, used for three typographically identical impressions, dating to 1460, 1469, and 1472-73. Others maintain that it was printed directly from movable types, like all other incunables; that the colophon date is wrong; and that all copies were printed in 1469. Needham, working with Eric White, has recently discovered new evidence which strongly supports the stereotype hypothesis.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Paul Needham became Scheide Librarian at Princeton University in 1998 and retired in 2020. Before coming to Princeton, he worked at Sothebyโs and at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Among his books is ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: 400โ1600 (1979). He has given Rare Book School courses on early printed books both at the Morgan and at the Huntington.
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RBS faculty member Paul Needham (Princeton Univ.) gave a public lecture on "The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads" on 29 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/o4aMEB38slw?feature=shared.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ:
The ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ, whose colophon states that it was printed in Mainz, 1460, has been the subject of controversy for more than fifty years. Paul Needham argues that it was printed from thin two-line stereotypes, used for three typographically identical impressions, dating to 1460, 1469, and 1472-73. Others maintain that it was printed directly from movable types, like all other incunables; that the colophon date is wrong; and that all copies were printed in 1469. Needham, working with Eric White, has recently discovered new evidence which strongly supports the stereotype hypothesis.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Paul Needham became Scheide Librarian at Princeton University in 1998 and retired in 2020. Before coming to Princeton, he worked at Sothebyโs and at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Among his books is ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: 400โ1600 (1979). He has given Rare Book School courses on early printed books both at the Morgan and at the Huntington.
E. M. Rose, "Books for Virginia 1620: America's First Public Library?" 2025 NEH-SHARP Lecture
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E. M. Rose, "Books for Virginia 1620: America's First Public Library?" 2025 NEH-SHARP Lecture
This NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture by E. M. Rose was part of Rare Book School's 2025 Summer Lecture Series. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/VaN2qqFnPto?feature=shared.
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What did American colonists need to know? What should they believe? The Virginia Company had clear ideas about such things as demonstrated by the significant sums spent on books for the use of the colonists. A recently unearthed list details 50 titles the Company purchased in December 1620 for shipment to America, most likely for a public library. E. M. Rose has been able to identify the author, title, edition, number of copies purchased, and cost per copy for most of the titles acquired for the benefit of the newest Americans. In this talk, Rose will review the assortment of religious texts for what they indicate about conventional Anglican orthodoxy in this period and will examine the agricultural and scientific texts intended for use in the colonies to get a sense of the technological interests and capabilities of the new Americans. Additionally, she will consider the books as a collection and library in contrast with other such collections and donations, discussing the medium of the printed book as an object for the light it throws on contemporary readers, book history, and the book trade. This lecture will further consider the role of the Virginia Company as an important publisher as well as a consumer of books and other printed ephemera.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
E. M. Rose is a scholar of medieval and early modern Europe, whose work has been hailed as โa model of thoroughgoing historical scholarship presented to a general audience and should be studied by scholars who wish to bring the humanities to the public square." Rose has taught at five universities in America and is currently Visiting Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University. For the past three years, she was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. Her previous work in book history, โBooks owned by a Renaissance Queen,โ an essay on 80 books sent by James I to his daughter, appeared in ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ (2020). Roseโs articles have appeared in ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, the ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ, the ๐๐ช๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ, the ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ, and ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ. Her most recent essay on Americaโs first chart maker will appear in ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ this summer. Roseโs first book, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ (2015) was named one of the โTen Best History Books of the Yearโ by the ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด of London and described by the ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ as โa landmark of historical research.โ The ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ called it โa significant achievementโ and the ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ described it as โa truly excellent book. It deserves to be read and studied by scholars in many if not all fields of medieval studies.โ
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RBS faculty member Paul Needham (Princeton Univ.) gave a public lecture on "The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads" on 29 July 2025. You can watch the full recording of the lecture on YouTube at https://youtu.be/o4aMEB38slw?feature=shared.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ:
The ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ, whose colophon states that it was printed in Mainz, 1460, has been the subject of controversy for more than fifty years. Paul Needham argues that it was printed from thin two-line stereotypes, used for three typographically identical impressions, dating to 1460, 1469, and 1472-73. Others maintain that it was printed directly from movable types, like all other incunables; that the colophon date is wrong; and that all copies were printed in 1469. Needham, working with Eric White, has recently discovered new evidence which strongly supports the stereotype hypothesis.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Paul Needham became Scheide Librarian at Princeton University in 1998 and retired in 2020. Before coming to Princeton, he worked at Sothebyโs and at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Among his books is ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: 400โ1600 (1979). He has given Rare Book School courses on early printed books both at the Morgan and at the Huntington.
