Printing 101
True or false: writers of original texts were reluctant to take the credit for innovation.
true
Why was it better, back then, to commission your own manuscript rather than purchase a printed book?
it was cheaper
What language was a prerequisite for attending university in the late middle ages?
Latin
What was Gutenberg most known for prior to the printing press?
litigation/always being in court/being sued
What years did Charlemagne live?
742-814
With the rise of printing, it had two different meanings across the world. What did printing mean in the West and the East?
1st paragraph page 498
What is the oldest surviving printed book?
Diamond Sutra of 868
True or False: the Chinese language had an alphabet prior to the 1400’s.
false
What was Gutenberg described as in the beginning of the chapter?
a prophet
What was Saint Benedict of Nursia described as?
The father of Christian monasticism and the godfather of libraries
What types of printing were described in the chapters from this week? You must get at least 3.
options: movable, printing press, interchangeable, manuscript, book, wooden blocks, metal
What major thing did China contribute to the advance of the book?
paper
How many language communities were across the continent of Europe?
2
What years did Gutenberg live?
1394(ish)-1468
When did the first record of paper money appear?
1648 in Sweden
Where was large-scale government printing the predominant and inhibiting form of printing for centuries?
China
When did quotation marks come into use in printed books? The answer is in century(ies).
15th and 16th centuries
DAILY DOUBLE= potentially 800 points
What very specific integration with another subject from this year was in chapter 61?
the Vulgate Latin translation (page 491)
What profession did Gutenberg begin in?
goldsmith
What year did Iyeyasu ban Christian missionaries?
1614
When did block printing begin to develop?
T’ang dynasty 618-907
Who created the “interlibrary loan”?
the Benedictine’s
When was the Chinese alphabet created?
1446
True or false: Gutenberg was a perfectionist.
true
Where did Saint Benedict of Nursia retire for three years?
a cave in the Abruzzi hills