Teacher reading from open book at lectern – Antique Print
![Teacher reading from open book at lectern, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/80/80d689eea72a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Teacher reading from open book at lectern in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Teacher reading from open book at lectern
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A teacher stands at a lectern with an open book in this woodcut, which was made to illustrate *La Mer des Hystoires*, a richly illustrated world history printed in France in the late 1400s. The picture belongs to the early days of printing, when movable type was new and woodcut images were often carved to accompany the text. The caption card gives no date, so the exact origin is uncertain, but the scene of a scholar reading aloud reflects a time when books were shifting from hand-copied manuscripts to printed editions.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: La Mer des Hystoires. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Scholars; Libraries; Occupations--Scribes; Incunabula; Rare Book Division; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 900 × 1,179 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106503 |
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