Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Printing books
Today we went to the printing museum to see how books came to be and the intricate history behind it. It was rather interesting to learn how the start of the printing came to be was by demand. It mainly started out when the church believed that everyone should be able to read the bible. When the priests weren't writing it fast enough they made wooden blocks that they could cost in ink and then press a piece of parchment to it. However, even that wasn't enough and the printing press was created. I foun it interesting that before the printing press was created it took priests about 2-3 years to make one book with over 300 pages while with the printing press it took them only about 2 hours if they print 2 sheets at the same time. Now in modern times the printing press has expanded and is printing out hundreds of thousands of books every day compared to only maybe 5 books in one day. It just goes to show how much technology has expanded and improved as time has passed by.
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Remember that the Catholic Church didn't want everyone to read the Bible, that was the Protestant Reformation. I found that the artistic representation in the museum of the struggle between these two ideals was really neat. It was an interesting point in history.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was interesting how they used a quill and took the feathery part off. I always thought they left those on. Also, I never knew they weren't allowed to write with their left hands!
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that it took about a year to write/print one book, and with the technology that we have nowadays, we can print one books within approximately 10 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that it took about a year to write/print one book, and with the technology that we have nowadays, we can print one books within approximately 10 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that it took about a year to write/print one book, and with the technology that we have nowadays, we can print one books within approximately 10 minutes.
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