Re: OT: Excerpt from _The Lost Gutenberg_
Ralph Hancock <[email protected]>
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The article states that the first initial capital in the Gutenberg Bible is an F, which seemed surprising as you would expect an I for _In principio_. But this is indeed the case, as the work begins with a letter from St Jerome to St Ambrosius, beginning _Frater Ambrosius_. See https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gutenbergdigital.de%2Fgudi%2Feframes%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C6a0a0ba262b74e9c2c6308d6af032ffe%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C636888825555980050&sdata=t4oLDc9f4taMVWT%2FRDoN66o%2B4DfxQb5KuiwbJaeE1pU%3D&reserved=0 RH