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[[Image:Dome_of_the_Rock,_1546.jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Temple in Jerusalem]] depicted as the [[Dome of the Rock]] on the printer's mark of [[Marco Antonio Giustiniani]], Venice 1545-52]]
[[Image:Dome_of_the_Rock,_1546.jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Temple in Jerusalem]] depicted as the [[Dome of the Rock]] on the printer's mark of [[Marco Antonio Giustiniani]], Venice 1545-52]]


A '''printer's mark''', [[Heraldic badge|device]], [[emblem]] or insignia is a [[symbol]] that was used as a [[trademark]] by early [[Printer (publishing)|printer]]s starting in the 15th century.
A '''printer's mark''', [[Heraldic badge|device]], [[emblem]] or insignia is a [[symbol]] that was used as a [[trademark]] by early [[Printer (publishing)|printer]]s starting in the 15th century.


The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 [[Mainz Psalter]] by [[Johann Fust]] and [[Peter Schöffer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=William|title=Printers' Marks, by|year=1893|publisher=London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25663}}</ref> One of the most well-known old printer's marks is the [[dolphin and anchor]], first used by the [[Venice|Venetian]] printer [[Aldus Manutius]] as his mark in 1502.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WwdMJKXzhEC&pg=PA66 |title=The book: the life story of a technology |author=Nicole Howard |chapter=Printer's Devices}}</ref>
The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 [[Mainz Psalter]] by [[Johann Fust]] and [[Peter Schöffer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=William|title=Printers' Marks, by|year=1893|publisher=London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25663}}</ref> One of the most well-known old printer's marks is the [[dolphin and anchor]], first used by the [[Venice|Venetian]] printer [[Aldus Manutius]] as his mark in 1502.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WwdMJKXzhEC&pg=PA66 |title=The book: the life story of a technology |author=Nicole Howard |chapter=Printer's Devices}}</ref>


The database Printers' Devices of the Ancient Book Section of the Library of the [[University of Barcelona]], was launched in October 1998.<ref>University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://crai.ub.edu/sites/default/files/impressors/home_eng.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053802/http://www.bib.ub.edu/fileadmin/impressors/home_eng.htm |date=2013-09-21 }}</ref> The [[University of Florida]] libraries also provide digital access to printers' devices and include The [[University of Chicago]] devices that have appeared on the cover of their publication ''[[The Library Quarterly]]''. <ref>University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm</ref>
The database Printers' Devices of the Ancient Book Section of the Library of the [[University of Barcelona]], was launched in October 1998.<ref>University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://crai.ub.edu/sites/default/files/impressors/home_eng.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053802/http://www.bib.ub.edu/fileadmin/impressors/home_eng.htm |date=2013-09-21 }}</ref> The [[University of Florida]] libraries also provide digital access to printers' devices and include The [[University of Chicago]] devices that have appeared on the cover of their publication ''[[The Library Quarterly]]''.<ref>University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm</ref>
[[File:La Paga de los Soldados William Faulkner.JPG|thumb|100px|Printer's mark in use in the modern era]]
[[File:La Paga de los Soldados William Faulkner.JPG|thumb|100px|Printer's mark in use in the modern era]]
Printers' devices have been incorporated in American library buildings, as a reflection of the British [[Arts and Crafts Movement]]. <ref>Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." ''The Library Quarterly'' 83 (July 2013): 271-278.</ref>
Printers' devices have been incorporated in American library buildings, as a reflection of the British [[Arts and Crafts Movement]].<ref>Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." ''The Library Quarterly'' 83 (July 2013): 271-278.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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*[http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/batyr/beta/ Base de Typographie de la Renaissance], a database of circa 1100 marks and thousands of other printed ornaments
*[http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/batyr/beta/ Base de Typographie de la Renaissance], a database of circa 1100 marks and thousands of other printed ornaments
* Signa vides. Researching and recording printers‘ devices. Papers presented on 17-18 March 2015 at the CERL Workshop, hosted by the National Library of Austria, Vienna, ed. by M. Scheibe / A. Wolkenhauer, London 2015 (CERL Studies) [https://www.cerl.org/_media/publications/cerl_papers/cerl_papers_xiii.pdf]
* Signa vides. Researching and recording printers‘ devices. Papers presented on 17-18 March 2015 at the CERL Workshop, hosted by the National Library of Austria, Vienna, ed. by M. Scheibe / A. Wolkenhauer, London 2015 (CERL Studies) [https://www.cerl.org/_media/publications/cerl_papers/cerl_papers_xiii.pdf]
* Typographorum emblemata. The Printer’s Mark in the Context of Early Modern Culture, ed by [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anja_Wolkenhauer Anja Wolkenhauer] and Bernhard F. Scholz, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/ NY 2018 (Schriftmedien 4) {{ISBN|978-3-11-043919-9}}, an international handbook and bibliography.
* Typographorum emblemata. The Printer’s Mark in the Context of Early Modern Culture, ed by [[:de:Anja Wolkenhauer|Anja Wolkenhauer]] and Bernhard F. Scholz, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/ NY 2018 (Schriftmedien 4) {{ISBN|978-3-11-043919-9}}, an international handbook and bibliography.
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Revision as of 00:42, 28 February 2021

The Temple in Jerusalem depicted as the Dome of the Rock on the printer's mark of Marco Antonio Giustiniani, Venice 1545-52

A printer's mark, device, emblem or insignia is a symbol that was used as a trademark by early printers starting in the 15th century.

The first printer's mark is found in the 1457 Mainz Psalter by Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer.[1] One of the most well-known old printer's marks is the dolphin and anchor, first used by the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius as his mark in 1502.[2]

The database Printers' Devices of the Ancient Book Section of the Library of the University of Barcelona, was launched in October 1998.[3] The University of Florida libraries also provide digital access to printers' devices and include The University of Chicago devices that have appeared on the cover of their publication The Library Quarterly.[4]

Printer's mark in use in the modern era

Printers' devices have been incorporated in American library buildings, as a reflection of the British Arts and Crafts Movement.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Roberts, William (1893). Printers' Marks, by. London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York.
  2. ^ Nicole Howard, "Printer's Devices", The book: the life story of a technology
  3. ^ University of Barcelona. "Printer's Devices" https://crai.ub.edu/sites/default/files/impressors/home_eng.htm Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/device.htm
  5. ^ Karen Nipps, "Printers' Devices as Decorative Elements in Library Architecture." The Library Quarterly 83 (July 2013): 271-278.
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