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Title
 A page from one of the earliest Dutch schoolbooks: 'Doctrinale' by Alexander de Villa Dei (1488).

Creator
 Pafraet, Richardus (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1488

Type
 boek, book

Related term
 schoolboeken, incunabelen

Period
 15e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M3: Maatschappijwetenschappen

Content
 Page from a Latin primer, known as the ' Doctrinale', with the Greek alphabet. The book by Alexander de Villa Dei, written around 1200, was much used in schools throughout Europe to teach Latin grammar, until it was replaced in the sixteenth century. The text is extant in many manuscripts and was printed several hundred times in the course of the centuries.

Original
 De Villa Dei, Alexander - Doctrinale (Pars I) (Comm: Johannes Synthen) - Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1488, 4v.

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 170 G 18 (1)

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek