tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post2066746826664849842..comments2024-02-29T12:25:23.697+01:00Comments on The Content Reader: Gutenberg and printingLisbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/00466904375353041610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post-74237226172467370542015-03-07T17:29:28.323+01:002015-03-07T17:29:28.323+01:00Interesting, I did not know that his son was calle...Interesting, I did not know that his son was called Hamnet. Or the mistake was the other way around? In the video they show in the Plantin-Moretus house, they also state how important the proof readers were. As always. Today, there seem to be less proof readers around and more faults in texts in papers and in books. Lisbeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/00466904375353041610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post-38885139397289382402015-03-07T01:08:53.062+01:002015-03-07T01:08:53.062+01:00printers had to handset type in 16th cen. england;...printers had to handset type in 16th cen. england; i've thought that an easily made mistake by a typesetter in a hurry might account for why many scholars think shakespeare's son was named "hamnet" instead of hamlet. i may be overly querolous(sp.)Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com