Topic
Movable type
About: Movable type is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 32 publications have been published within this topic receiving 226 citations. The topic is also known as: moveable type.
Papers
Book•
8 Jun 2004
TL;DR: Chow et al. as discussed by the authors examined the rise and impact of print culture from both economic and cultural perspectives, arguing that inexpensive books were widely available to a growing literate population.
Abstract: This book is a path-breaking study of print culture in early modern China. It argues that printing with both woodblocks and movable type exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book examines the rise and impact of print culture from both economic and cultural perspectives. In economic terms, the central issues were the price of books and the costs of book production. Chow argues that contrary to accepted views, inexpensive books were widely available to a growing literate population. An analysis of the economic and operating advantages of woodblock printing explains why it remained the dominant technology even as the use of movable type was expanding. The cultural focus shows the impact of commercial publishing on the production of literary culture, particularly on the civil service examination. The expansion of the book market produced publicity for literary professionals whose authority came to challenge the authority of the official examiners.
61 citations
TL;DR: A number of scholars have begun to explore the activities of music-printers in sixteenth-century Italy as discussed by the authors, focusing on the influence of music printing on the composition and dissemination of music in this period.
Abstract: A number of scholars have begun to explore the activities of music-printers in sixteenth-century Italy. The first music-print produced by movable type was issued by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501, and by the 1540s improvements in printing techniques, and particularly the introduction of single-impression printing, had set music-printing on a firm commercial footing, first and foremost in Venice, the centre of the printing trade on the peninsula. The two chief Venetian music-printers in the mid-century, Antonio Gardano and Girolamo Scotto, headed commercial enterprises the organisation of which merits close study by economic historians. But the activities of these and other music-printers must also be examined for their effect on contemporary musical culture. Through their editorial policies and commercial strategies, printers such as Gardano and Scotto had an undeniable influence on the composition and dissemination of music in this period, creating and defining a market or markets for their wares which increasingly directed the activities of contemporary composers.
43 citations
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TL;DR: For instance, Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, working in regular consultation with Dr Needham, has written the most comprehensive account of paper and printing in China to be published in the West.
Abstract: Part one of the fifth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is written by one of the project's collaborators. Professor Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, working in regular consultation with Dr Needham, has written the most comprehensive account of every aspect of paper and printing in China to be published in the West. From a close study of the vast mass of source material, Professor Tsien brings order and illumination to an area of technology which has been of profound importance in the spread of civilisation. The main body of the book is a detailed study of the invention, technology and aesthetic development of printing in China. From the growth and ultimate refinements of early woodcut printing to the spread of printing from movable type and the development of book-binding, Professor Tsien carries the story forward to the beginning of the nineteenth century when 'more printed pages existed in Chinese than in all other languages put together'.
41 citations
01 Apr 1984-Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms
TL;DR: For example, the discovery of the uniqueness of the ink in Gutenberg's Bible, combined with the ability to take minutely detailed and non-destructive elemental “fingerprints with the milliprobe beam of all man-made papers and inks, gives us a weapon that has never been available before to investigate some of the controversial basic questions in the history of the origins of printing technology as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The advent of printing with movable type is properly regarded as the most important technological event in modern cultural history, yet its earliest history is shrouded in mystery The Davis proton milliprobe has enabled scientists and humanist scholars to collaborate in unlocking the secrets of earliest print, focusing on the contribution of Johannes Gutenberg The 42-line Gutenberg Bible is not only the first book printed by movable type, it is considered by many to be the finest book every printed Unfortunately very little is known about the materials and techniques used in this first large scale printing operation In October 1982 we had the unprecedented opportunity to examine page-by-page the inks, papers, illuminations and binding of volume I of the Doheny Gutenberg Bible A similar study of the Lilly New Testament (most of volume II) was undertaken in March 1983 The results, some wholly unexpected and very exciting, add a large new body of information about this great work, and give us new enlightenment on the day-to-day production of this first and most important printed book Moreover, the discovery of the uniqueness of the ink in Gutenberg's Bible, combined with our ability to taken minutely detailed and non-destructive elemental “fingerprints” with the milliprobe beam of all man-made papers and inks, gives us a weapon that has never been available before to investigate some of the controversial basic questions in the history of the origins of printing technology
27 citations
TL;DR: G utenberg's invention of the movable type printing press in the mid-fifteenth century brought a revolution in written communications' The printing press made possible the production of a larger number of manuscript copies, in a more consistent form, and at a far lower cost than possible by professional copyists.
Abstract: G utenberg's invention of the movable type printing press in the mid-fifteenth century brought a revolution in written communications.' The printing press made possible the production of a larger number of manuscript copies, in a more consistent form, and at a far lower cost than possible by professional copyists. Within 30 years of its invention, the printing press was in use throughout Europe and with the publication of the "Gutenberg" bible in 1456, the basis was established for the development of the modern publishing industry. Gutenberg's invention increased dramatically the potential for the diffusion of knowledge and information. In turn, by increasing the speed and breadth of scholarly communication, the printing press increased the rate at which knowledge was created. More scholars and scientists were able to learn about and to respond to ideas and research results and to do so faster. The creation of the internet in 1983 and particularly the advent of the World Wide Web with its graphic interface provides the basis for another revolution in communications, one that will rival if not exceed that spawned by Gutenberg. The ramifications of the Web have been the subject of considerable attention in both the popular and the scholarly press. The present article explores the implications of the Web for scholarly communication and particularly for scholarly journals.2 The
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