Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An incunabulum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A book printed in the infancy of the art, before the year 1500. See incunabula, 3.
Wiktionary
- n. A very early printed book, specifically one printed before 1501; an incunabulum.
Etymologies
- From French incunable, from Latin incunabula ("swaddling-clothes, cradle"). Compare incunabulum. (Wiktionary)
- French, from New Latin incūnābulum; see incunabulum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Marburg is famous for its medieval churches, especially the Elisabethkirche, one of the two or three first purely Gothic churches north of the Alps outside of France and thus an incunable of Gothic architecture in Germany, as well as for the castle.”
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“Elisabethkirche, one of the two or three first purely Gothic churches north of the Alps outside of France and thus an incunable of Gothic architecture in Germany, as well as for the castle.”
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The Bindery
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My Lovelies
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bestiary alt. of incunabulum; a book printed before 1501. Jul 24, 2008