Indulgence, Augsburg, 1481 (recto)

In addition to the intentional blanks filled in with the date and what may be the names of the recipients of this indulgence (Sigismundo and possibly his wife Anna), there are several corrections interpolated among the lines—they appear to largely be shifts in verb tense and pronouns, maybe to reflect that this indulgence is being presented to two people, rather than one. The interweaving of print and handwriting in this form reflects how in this earliest era of print use in Europe, there was a need for scribes as well as printers.

In addition to the intentional blanks filled in with the date and what may be the names of the recipients of this indulgence (Sigismundo and possibly his wife Anna), there are several corrections interpolated among the lines—they appear to largely be shifts in verb tense and pronouns, maybe to reflect that this indulgence is being presented to two people, rather than one. The interweaving of print and handwriting in this form reflects how in this earliest era of print use in Europe, there was a need for scribes as well as printers.

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Rudolfus, Graf von Werdenberg, Nos Ro̊dolffus Comes i[n] Werde[n]berg. [Indulgence. Augsburg. 1481.] Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1481. (recto)

Boston Public Library, Q.402.32 FOLIO (public domain)

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