Paul W. Nash
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Paul W. Nash's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Paul W. Nash edited the post Small capitals in the group
Printing History: on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months agoPaul W. Nash deposited The pre-history of “small caps”: from all caps to smaller capitals to small caps in the group Printing History on Humanities Commons 2 months ago
This article describes the development of the typographical phenomenon of “small capitals” during the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century.
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Paul W. Nash posted an update in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months agoCalling all researchers in printing history. There is just one month left before the deadline for submissions for this year’s PHS Prize for New Scholarship …
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Paul W. Nash deposited The pre-history of “small caps”: from all caps to smaller capitals to small caps in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 7 months agoThis article describes the development of the typographical phenomenon of “small capitals” during the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century.
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Paul W. Nash deposited The pre-history of “small caps”: from all caps to smaller capitals to small caps in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 7 months agoThis article describes the development of the typographical phenomenon of “small capitals” during the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century.
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Paul W. Nash deposited The pre-history of “small caps”: from all caps to smaller capitals to small caps on Humanities Commons 1 year, 7 months ago
This article describes the development of the typographical phenomenon of “small capitals” during the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century.
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Paul W. Nash deposited Scaleboard: the material of interlinear spacing before ‘leading’ in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months agoScaleboard, thin strips or leaves of wood, was used in printing for various purposes, notably to provide interlinear spacing, as well as in bookbinding. This article explores the nature, manufacture and history of scaleboard, and its uses inside and outside the printing industry from the late medieval period to the turn of the twentieth century.
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Paul W. Nash deposited Scaleboard: the material of interlinear spacing before ‘leading’ on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
Scaleboard, thin strips or leaves of wood, was used in printing for various purposes, notably to provide interlinear spacing, as well as in bookbinding. This article explores the nature, manufacture and history of scaleboard, and its uses inside and outside the printing industry from the late medieval period to the turn of the twentieth century.
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Paul W. Nash deposited Two hundred years of publisher’s cloth in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months agoThe year 2020 marks the bicentenary of a revolution in the manner in which books were published in England, and soon enough around the world, for 1820 was the year in which the first publisher’s binding in cloth probably appeared. The first books published in cloth are often said to be the series of miniature, diamond-type ‘classics’ issued in Lo…[Read more]
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Paul W. Nash deposited Two hundred years of publisher’s cloth on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months ago
The year 2020 marks the bicentenary of a revolution in the way in which books were published in England, and soon enough around
the world, for 1820 was the year in which the first publisher’s binding in cloth probably appeared. The first books published in cloth
are often said to be the series of miniature, diamond-type ‘classics’ issued in Lo…[Read more] -
Paul W. Nash deposited A note on Peter Schoeffer’s book-list of ‘1470’ in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 2 years agoPeter Shoeffer’s book-list is usually dated to the year 1470. The author challenges this dating, however, supplying a detailed analysis of the content of the list and suggested when it was printed and under what circumstances.
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Paul W. Nash deposited A note on Peter Schoeffer’s book-list of ‘1470’ in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoPeter Shoeffer’s book-list is usually dated to the year 1470. The author challenges this dating, however, supplying a detailed analysis of the content of the list and suggested when it was printed and under what circumstances.
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Paul W. Nash deposited A note on Peter Schoeffer’s book-list of ‘1470’ on Humanities Commons 2 years ago
Peter Shoeffer’s book-list is usually dated to the year 1470. The author challenges this dating, however, supplying a detailed analysis of the content of the list and suggested when it was printed and under what circumstances.
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Paul W. Nash deposited The abandoning of the long s in Britain in 1800 in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe “long s” was used in almost all British printing until 1800. Then, almost overnight, the character was dropped by most printers. This article examines the lead up to this watershed, the printers and publishers who eschewed the long s before 1800, what happened in the printing industry at this time, and in the following years in which a few…[Read more]
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Paul W. Nash deposited The abandoning of the long s in Britain in 1800 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months ago
The “long s” was used in almost all British printing until 1800. Then, almost overnight, the character was dropped by most printers. This article examines the lead up to this watershed, the printers and publishers who eschewed the long s before 1800, what happened in the printing industry at this time, and in the following years in which a few…[Read more]
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Paul W. Nash deposited The “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThe “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research (2004). This article has been somewhat superseded by the work of Christoph Reske, published in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (2015).
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Paul W. Nash deposited The “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
The “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research (2004). This article has been somewhat superseded by the work of Christoph Reske, published in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (2015).
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Paul W. Nash deposited The “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research (2004) in the group
Printing History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months agoThe “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research (2004). This article has been somewhat superseded by the work of Christoph Reske, published in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (2015).
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Paul W. Nash deposited The “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research (2004) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 3 months ago
The “first” type of Gutenberg: a note on recent research (2004). This article has been somewhat superseded by the work of Christoph Reske, published in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (2015).
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