Incunabula

Incunabula
Incunabulum In`cu*nab"u*lum, n.; pl. {Incunabula}. [L. incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st {In-}, and {Cunabula}.] A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500. [1913 Webster]

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  • Incunabula — Incunabula, lanzado por Warp Records en 1993, es el disco debut del dúo de música electrónica Autechre y el séptimo disco de la serie Artificial Intelligence. El nombre del disco proviene del latín, y es el plural de incunabulum , un término… …   Wikipedia Español

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  • incunabula — (n.) swaddling clothes, also, figuratively, childhood, beginnings; 1824, from L. incunabula (neuter plural), ultimately from cunae cradle, from PIE *koi na , from root *kei to lie; bed, couch …   Etymology dictionary

  • incunabula — index birth (beginning), genesis, nascency, onset (commencement), origination, source Burton s …   Law dictionary

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  • INCUNABULA — Introduction The term incunabula (or cradle books ) denotes books printed before 1500, including broadsheets, or other typographical products printed from letterpress composed of movable type. The first book known to be printed by Gutenberg in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • incunabula — incunabular, adj. /in kyoo nab yeuh leuh, ing /, n.pl., sing. incunabulum / leuhm/. 1. extant copies of books produced in the earliest stages (before 1501) of printing from movable type. 2. the earliest stages or first traces of anything. [1815… …   Universalium

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