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+ | The rulers were handed out at CERL events, and are available upon request as long as stocks last.\\ | ||
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+ | Paul Needham explains its use:\\ | ||
+ | 'What incunabulists typically see are not uncut sheets of paper, but rather bound volumes, with varying degrees of trimming. | ||
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+ | Please note: (1) Most copies will be smaller in both dimensions than the measurements provided, due to shaving of edges by binders. (2) There are only a few Super-Median incunables. (3) Half-Median size is found in a dozen or so Franciscus Renner editions of the 1470s, always or almost always used together with half-sheets of Median paper.' | ||
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+ | A diagram to show which paper sizes, in which formats, are actually represented by at least one incunable edition. | ||
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+ | ==== Needham Calculator ==== | ||
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+ | The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies has created a tool that will be useful to manuscript scholars, art historians, incunabulists, | ||
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+ | An explanation of the calculator and how it was created is available [[https:// | ||
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