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Material Culture Catalogue

The catalogue below provides a summary of suggested texts in the Rare Book Room that have been approved for use for material culture exercises, with call numbers and some notes for the pedagogical uses of these works.

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Author: Robert Fabyan
Title:  Fabian's Chronicles
Publication Information: London: Kyngston, 1559
Call #: 942 F 117c; 942 FII7 c;  Book Size: 25.6 cm (H); 18.5 cm (L); 6.2 cm (spine)
Cover: leather covers; gold embossed edges with floral design (front and back); the spine has a floral design with the title on black
Inside Book Covers: 
Paper Edges: marbled
Illustrations: 
Comments: 
  • gothic print
  • "The Printer to the Reader"
  • "The Table for the First Parte"

Pedagogical Uses/Notes:

  • British Renaissance Text Production
  • Renaissance History
  • Gothic type before transition to Roman type
Fabian 1 Fabian's Chronicles (1559)