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Peter is right about the Tischendorf: it's printed using lead type specially made to imitate the script of the codex. The Lake facsimile is in two vols, 1911 and 1922. David On 22 Nov 2007, at 08:10, Peter Robinson wrote: > Actually I think (but I may be wrong) that Tischendorf's 1862 > publication is NOT a photographic facsimile, but an extraordinarily > elaborate typeset 'facsimile', and so really an edition, not a > facsimile. (It is described, usually, as a 'typographic > facsimile'). The first facsimile of Sinaiticus is (I think) the > Kirslopp Lake facsimile of 1922. There is an interesting history > to be written of 'type-facsimiles': quite a few were published in > the C19, and are rather amazing monuments of the typesetting and > editorial arts. However, for the first *photographic* facimile we > should look elsewhere, I believe. > Peter Robinson > > -----Original Message----- > From: The list of the European Society for Textual Scholarship and > the Society for Textual Scholarship on behalf of John Lupia > Sent: Wed 11/21/2007 10:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Facsimile editions > > Alexander Bain invented the photograph facsimile in > 1842. By 1848 the rotating drum recorder was invented > by Frederick Bakewell in London. > > There are probably no photographic facsimiles of books > before 1848, and they probably first emerged in the > 1850's. > > Tischendorf had published, Bibliorum codex sinaiticus > petropolitanus, a 4 volume facsimile in 1862. > > > John > > --- Wim Van Mierlo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> Does anybody here know when the first >> photographically-reproduced facsimile of a book or >> manuscript was published? >> >> Facsimiles had been around since before the >> invention of photography, using other techniques >> such as etching, but I would like to know when >> photography came to play a role. The idea itself was >> indirectly suggested by Fox Talbot, who c. 1840s, >> produced a photograph of a manuscript of Byron's >> "Ode to Napoleon". >> >> Many thanks >> Wim >> > > > John N. Lupia III > New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ > God Bless Everyone > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs