History of Printing & Middle Ages
Gutenberg, Fust and Schöffer's betrayal: an ancient tragedy in the Mainz workshop
A penniless visionary, a loan shark with a lawyer, and a journeyman testifying against his master. The story of printing's invention is full of betrayal, court trials, and the Faust legend.
HistoryThree fingers write, the whole body suffers: how scribes lived in medieval monasteries
The typo demon, women with teeth stained blue from lapis lazuli, and monks complaining about parchment margins. Real life in the scriptorium was far from quiet.
Middle AgesCity of ink and lead: how printing came to Prague
An anonymous figure who feared the scribes' guild. A printer who became mayor. And Melantrich — the man who swallowed the competition and gave his name to an entire street.
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