“The new technology could not entirely displace the existing art of producing books by hand during 15th century.”

“The new technology could not entirely displace the existing art of producing books by hand during 15th century.” Support the statement.

  1. THE printed books at first closely resembled the written manuscripts and appearance and layout.
  2. The metal letters imitated the ornamental handwritten styles.
  3. Borders were illuminated by hand with foliage and other patterns and illustrations were painted.
  4. In the books printed for the rich space for decoration was kept blank on the printed page. Each purchaser could choose the designs and decide on the painting school that would do the illustrations. The new technology did not entirely displace the existing art of producing books by hand.