Unique printing company publishes in 27 alphabets
Weeknummer 73-04
At the E.J. Brill printing house in Leiden, books were printed in oriental languages. The letters are set mechanically with a mono-typewriter, which punches the letters into a roll of paper. This punching belt controls the letter frame of the casting machine, which casts the letters and arranges them in lines. Then the texts are printed. Hieroglyphic writing and Chinese characters can only be set …
Contributors
- Bloemendal, Philip (commentaar)
Creator
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
Publisher
- https://www.openbeelden.nl/users/beeldengeluid
Subject
- Debbie Brill
Type of item
- moving images
Contributors
- Bloemendal, Philip (commentaar)
Creator
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
Publisher
- https://www.openbeelden.nl/users/beeldengeluid
Subject
- Debbie Brill
Type of item
- moving images
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
Creation date
- 1973-01-01
- 1973-01-01
Places
- http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33456378
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Netherlands
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- People's Republic of China
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- People's Republic of China
- Leiden
Source
- Open Images
Identifier
- 509060
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/data/euscreenXL/https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/676437
Extent
- PT2M43S
Language
- nl
- nl
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
- Europeana Subtitled
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-02-08T14:11:26.247Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2025-02-17T11:06:04.826Z