Title & Author:

The making of a Renaissance book / American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus Museum.

Publication:

Charlottesville, VA : Owned and distributed by the Book Arts Press, 2000.

Description:

1 videocassette (22 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Notes:
Filmed at the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
Originally issued in 16mm film in 1969.
Filmed at the Plantir-Moretus Museum.
Documentary.
Title from title screen.
Imprints from cassette label and container.
Filmed by Dana Atchley with the cooperation of Le︠on Voet, Frans Clerens and the Museum staff.
VHS format.

Summary:

Gives a brief history of Christopher Plantin's 16th century printing press. Its printing materials and archives are housed at the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp, Belgium. Also demonstrates the process of creating a printed book in the tradition of the Renaissance.

Subject:

Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589.
Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589
Plantijnsche Drukkerij.
Books History 1450-1600.
Printing Belgium Antwerp History 16th century.
Printing Netherlands Leiden History 16th century.
Livres Histoire 1450-1600.
Imprimerie Belgique Anvers Histoire 16e siècle.
Imprimerie Pays-Bas Leyde Histoire 16e siècle.
Books.
Printing.
Belgium Antwerp.
Netherlands Leiden.

Form/genre:

Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videocassettes.
VHS (TM)
Videotapes.
Educational films.
History.
Films éducatifs.

Added entries:

Clerens, Frans.
Voet, Léon, 1919-2002
Atchley, Dana.
Voet, Léon, 1919-
American Friends of the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
Museum Plantin-Moretus.
Book Arts Press.

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 248614
Call No.: NE89.P714 M3 1969
Status: Available