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Wednesday Word: Incunabula
Incunabula - noun.
Incunabula has a couple of meanings. It can mean the earliest beginning of anything (you may notice a theme for January words!). However, incunable, incunabula and incunabulum refer to books or pamphlets printed before 1501.
Page from Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, printed in red and black by Peter Schöffer (Mainz, 1471).
Incunabula has a couple of meanings. It can mean the earliest beginning of anything (you may notice a theme for January words!). However, incunable, incunabula and incunabulum refer to books or pamphlets printed before 1501.
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Page from Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, printed in red and black by Peter Schöffer (Mainz, 1471).