Unpublished Sacred Monuments (Unknown) - Page 9

PRINTED BY

USING TYPEFACES SPECIALLY CREATED FOR THIS WORK

original: "formis ad hoc opus factis." This suggests that the printers manufactured custom lead type or specialized plates to accurately represent the unique scripts and characters found in the ancient manuscript fragments.

GIESECKE AND DEVRIENT.

Giesecke & Devrient was a prestigious printing and typography firm based in Leipzig, renowned for its high-quality scholarly editions and, later, for printing banknotes and security documents.

AT LEIPZIG, 1856.

Leipzig (indicated by the Latin "Lipsiae") was the historic heart of the German book trade and academic publishing in the nineteenth century. The Roman numerals "MDCCCLVI" denote the year 1856.