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/ˌɪn.kjʊˈnæb.jʊ.ləm/ · noun
(printing) A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe..
Sebastian, a profound student of such lore, had long believed that the book was a mere medieval legend; and he had been startled as well as gratified when he found this copy on the shelves of a dealer in old manuscripts and incunabula.
Something about him reminded me of one of those figures from old-fashioned playing cards or the sort used by fortune-tellers, a print straight from the pages of an incunabulum: his presence was both funereal and incandescent, like a curse dressed in its Sunday best.
Use incunabulum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incunabulum means (printing) A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe..
Common synonyms include fifteener.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sebastian, a profound student of such lore, had long believed that the book was a mere medieval legend; and he had been startled as well as gratified when he found this copy on the shelves of a dealer in old manuscripts and incunabula.
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