英语词汇incunabula的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	incunabula
词源	incunabula. The word incunabula (the singular form is in- cunabulum) is used to signify books produced in the infancy of printing from movable type, usually those printed before 1500. Caxton’s edition of The Canterbury Tales, printed in 1478, is a famous incunabulum. The Germans coined the name incunab- ula for these early books in the 19th century, using the Latin word for swaddling clothes and cradle.
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