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Shot on location in the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, this programme examines the printing and publishing house founded by Plantin in the 1560s, looking at the wide range of scholarly books wh...ich he poublished including the production of the highly complex Polyglot Bible. Printing was a lucrative, technically innovating as well as dangerous occupation.
Shot on location in the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, this programme examines the printing and publishing house founded by Plantin in the 1560s, looking at the wide range of scholarly books wh...ich he poublished including the production of the highly complex Polyglot Bible. Printing was a lucrative, technically innovating as well as dangerous occupation.
| Module code and title: | A205, "Culture and belief in Europe, 1450-1600" |
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| Item code: | A205; 04 |
| First transmission date: | 1990 |
| Published: | 1990 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:45 |
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| Producer: | Nick Levinson |
| Contributors: | Noel Coley; Rosemary O'Day |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | 16th century; Antwerp; Phillip II; Plantin; Plantin Moretus Museum; Printing; Publishing; Spain |
| Subject terms: | Bible--Versions; Plantin's polyglot; Printing--Belgium--Antwerp--History; Publishers and publishing--Belgium--Antwerp--History; Plantin, Christopher; Antwerp (Belgium) --Imprints--History |
| Master spool number: | HOU5935 |
| Production number: | FOUA266X |
| Videofinder number: | 3107 |
| Available to public: | no |
