Wednesday we traveled to the Museum of Books and Printing. I found the Museum very well laid out and our guide very knowledgeable. What I really enjoyed was our "pre-tour" where our guide described the history of the town. In particular, I liked the history of the tablet from Claudus' speech and wall plaque above it. The plaque had a lion and a man and woman holding jugs with flowing water that represented the two rivers in Lyon - the smaller, curvier, feminine Saone River and the broader, larger, masculine Rhone River.
I really liked the copper plate prints of the map with the building laid out. Overall it was laid out nice in chronological order!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing the evolution of printing; from handwritten, to single and then double pages assembled by each letter in a printing press, to wood or copper etchings that could be used similarly to stamps today. The detail and speed of printing greatly increased with each advance until the modern computer and printer.
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