Incunabula

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  • n. Plural form of incunabulum.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The cradle or early abode; the place in which a thing had its earliest development, as a race, an art, etc.; hence, first trace; beginning; origin.
  • In ornithology, a breeding-place; the resort of a bird to breed.
  • In bibliography, books printed in the infancy of the art; generally, books printed before the year 1500: in this sense rarely with a singular incunabulum.
    • Word Usage
    "The primitive woodcuts in incunabula are now almost too highly appreciated."
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    transcribing    dagoba    letter-book    spuriousness    grippe   
     
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