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Hindu
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The
two shields: Pen and Scroll, Urim we Thummim.
On the roof
of the Reading Room: a grotesque from the Tenison Psalter.
On the roof
of Yale Memorabilia: two grotesque animals from Ars
Moriendi
and
the Tenison Psalter.
COURT NO. I.—PRINTING AND THE
GRAPHIC ARTS
(Linonia and Brothers, Main
Hall, Administration Offices.)
SOUTHEAST ENTRANCE
Gutenberg and his press, with the following inscription
taken from the colophon of Johannes
Balbus's Catholicon printed
in 1460, and attributed to Gutenberg's press:
NON CALAMI STILI
AUT PENNAE SUFFRAGIO
SED MIRA PATRONARUM FORMARUMQUE
CONCORDIA PROPORTIONS
ET MODULO
Two shields, one
on each side of the arch of the entrance: Head of Gutenberg, "In the beginning
was the Word."
Four bosses,
in the arch: mallet and shooting-stick, galley, ink-ball, type mould.
South wall,
on the entrance hall: four high panels, with mottoes of famous printers:
Anchora Spei [Thomas
Vautrollier].
Bonté et Valeur [L'Imprimerie
Royale].
Praestat [Jean Blaeu].
Qui Legit Regit [Roberts
Brothers].
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