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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 A page from one of the earliest Dutch schoolbooks: 'Doctrinale' by Alexander de Villa Dei (1488).


Creator

 Pafraet, Richardus (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1488


Type

 boek, book


Related term

 schoolboeken, incunabelen


Period

 15e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M3: Maatschappijwetenschappen


Content

 Page from a Latin primer, known as the ' Doctrinale', with the Greek alphabet. The book by Alexander de Villa Dei, written around 1200, was much used in schools throughout Europe to teach Latin grammar, until it was replaced in the sixteenth century. The text is extant in many manuscripts and was printed several hundred times in the course of the centuries.


Original

 De Villa Dei, Alexander - Doctrinale (Pars I) (Comm: Johannes Synthen) - Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1488, 4v.


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 170 G 18 (1)


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek