In the medieaval manuscript the function of pictorial image was manifold: a decoration, symbol
and indication of the structural development of the book, an aid in reading and grasping the
contents of the work. The impact of the correspondence of these two elements as an entitiy of
information was lessened with the introduction of printing with serially produced "moveable" type
and the printer's presse, but still much of the old ways were kept up far into the 16th century and
sometimes much longer. Some of the examples shown during the lecture can be seen as original
documents in the permanent exhibition of the Gutenberg-Museum.
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