INDEX
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- Æsop, initial from Scheffer’s edition, 112
- —— initial from Albi edition, 95, 252
- Albi, initial in the manière éraillée, from Æsop printed at, 95, 252
- Alvarus Pelagius of J. Zainer, border used in, 23
- Alvera, J., initial used by, at Coimbra, 253
- Ambrose, St., portrait initial of, 211
- Antwerp, initial from title-page of book printed at, 102, 262
- —— initials used in books printed by G. Leeu at, 102, 261
- Apianus, P., initials from Astronomicon Cesareum printed by, 107, 274 sq.
- Apocalypse, different editions of the block-book, 4
- Arion, initial representing the adventure of, 61
- Aristotle, Opera Nonnulla printed by Keller, 17
- —— initials in editions of, by H. Estienne, 232
- Arrivabene, George, initials from missals printed by, 59, 171 sqq.
- Ars Memorandi, historical initial in the, 5, 112
- Ars Moriendi, the block-book, 4
- Astronomicon Cesareum printed by P. Apianus at Ingoldstadt, 107, 274 sq.
- Augsburg, 5
- —— initials used by printers, 14, 113-122
- Aureum Opus, initials from edition of, by De Vingle, 77, 208
- Avignon, initials from volume printed at, 93, 251
- Aymon, les Quatre Fils de, initials used in Lyons edition of, 195
- Back, Godfrid, initials used by, 262
- Bade, Josse, armorial initials in History of Denmark printed by, 85, 230
- —— —— other initials of, 238
- Bamberg, initials from missal of Johann Pfeyl of, 41, 152 sq.
- —— initials from Missale Olumucense of, 41, 150 sq.
- Bämler, Johann, initials from works printed by, 16, 117
- Basle, initials reproduced from books printed at, 134-145
- —— psalter of 1501 by Furter, initials from, 30, 135
- Bebelius, Joannes, initials of Holbein in works published by, 33
- Bebelius and Cratander, initials of Holbein in works by, 36
- Bellot, Jean, initials from volumes printed by, 53
- Benedictine missal printed at Hagenau, initials used in, 104, 264 sqq.
- Bernard, le Petit, initials attributed to, 81
- Berthorius, Petrus, initials from Morale Reductorium of, 81, 222
- Besançon, printers of, use same initials as Furter of Basle, 95
- —— initials of, 252
- Bible, initials from G. Zainer’s editions of, 15, 24, 113, 115, 118 sq.
- —— Latin, of Basle, initials from, 29, 134
- —— initial from Ulm edition, 1480, 127
- —— initial from a Lyons, 211
- —— German edition, pictorial initials of the fifth, 17, 118 sq.
- —— fourth edition by Frisner and Sensenschmidt, 26, 129 sq.
- —— initials from Nuremberg edition, 129 sq.
- —— the Bishops’, initials in, 108c, 279
- Bibles, Augsburg and Nuremberg, compared, 17
- Biblia cum Summariis et Concordantiis of Jean Moylin, initials of, 78, 212 sq.
- Biblia Pauperum, the block-book, 4
- Birckmann, Franc, Hagenau initials copied by, 105
- Blanchard, remarkable initials used in works by, 77, 210
- Block-books, initials from, 110
- Bocard, André, initials in books printed by, 83, 108b
- Book-hunting in time of Aulus Gellius, 1
- Book-plate forming part of early Nuremberg impression, 27
- Brandis, Lucas, initials from Rudimenta Novitiorum and Josephus of, 39, 146 sq.
- Breidenbach, Bernard von, initial from Reuwich’s edition of his Peregrinationes, 75, 112
- —— initials from Ortuin’s Lyons edition, 198
- Brescia, initials from works printed at, 71, 189
- Bridget, St., Meditationes, initials used in Lübeck edition of, 148 sq.
- Brocart, Arn. de, initials used by, 259
- Bumgart de Ketwyck, initials used by, at Cologne, 165
- Burgofranco, J. P. de, initials in Hyginus de Stellis printed by, 67, 188
- Burgos, initial used at, 256
- Byzantium, books of, on purple parchment, 2
- Calcar, J. van, initials of, in Anatomy of Vesalius, 37, 144 sq.
- Calligraphic initials from Paris title-pages, 83
- Capcasa, Matteo, initials from works published by, 58, 174 sq.
- Cassiodorus, initial from works of, by Steyner, 21
- Castilla, G., initial used by, at Valencia, 253
- Catalogus Sanctorum of Saccon, 76, 214 sqq.
- Catholicon of J. Wolff, selected initials from, 76, 206 sq.
- Caxton, W., initials used by, 108b, 277
- Cervicornus or Hirtzhorn, Euch., initials in works published by, 52, 168 sq.
- Charlemagne invites Irish and Anglo-Saxon monks to his kingdom, 2
- Charles the Bald welcomes foreign artists, 2
- Chauny, Jean de, initials from works printed by, 251
- Chevallon, Claude, initial representing scenes from Ars Moriendi in work published by, 88, 238
- Children, initials with, used by Venice printers, 61
- —— copied by printers of Basle, Cologne, and Hagenau, 61
- Cicero, initials from German edition of, by Steyner, 21
- Cocksperger, Peter, and the Mayence Psalter initials, 10
- Coimbra, initials used by J. Alvira of, 98, 253
- Cologne, initial from Donatus of, 51, 165
- —— other initials used at, 165 sq.
- Como, initials of Vitruvius printed at, 68, 187
- Compilacion de Leyes, initials from Zamora edition, 255
- Complutum (Alcala de Henares), initial used in liturgical works printed by Brocart at, 100, 259
- Cosmographia of Ptolemy, initials from, 24, 127
- —— of Sebastian Munster, account of Psalter initials in the, 9
- Cranmer, Archbishop, initial with his arms, 108c, 279
- Cromberger, J., initials used by, 256
- Cross-hatching, invention of, 20
- Cunningham, William, initials in his Cosmographical Glasse, 108c, 279
- Curio, Valentin, initials used by, at Basle, 36, 140 sq.
- Dance of Death alphabets used at Basle, 137
- —— —— alphabet, Strasburg copies of, 33, 138
- —— —— alphabet in books published at Stella, 98, 257
- Dante, praises French miniaturists, 3
- Day, John, initials used by, 108c, 278 sq.
- Delft, initial used by Jacob van der Meer at, 102, 260
- Deutscher Kalender, initials from, 44
- Dinckmut, Conrad, initial and border from Donatus printed by, 12, 111
- Doctrinal de Sapience, initial from title-page of, 53, 163
- Donatus, Aelius, Latin primer of, 4
- —— initial from edition of, by Quentell, 12
- —— with Psalter initials attributed to Gutenberg (1456), 9
- —— initial from xylographic impression by Dinckmut, 12, 111
- Drach, Peter, initials in red from missal of Spires printed by, 103, 263
- Dresden, initial used at, 270
- Dupré, Jean, ornamental letters in the Vies des Anciens Saincts Pères of, 82
- Dürer, Albert, makes innovation in engraving, 20
- —— —— ornamental letters attributed to, 52, 168 sq.
- Elizabeth, Queen, portrait-initial of, 108c, 280
- English copies of initials by Kerver, 241
- Erasmus, Desiderius, initial with portrait of, 78, 211
- Esslingen, initials in works printed at, 46
- Estienne, H., initials from work published by, 86, 232
- Etymologicum Magnum of Callierges, coloured initials in the, 11
- Eusebio di Comento, initials from Salamanca edition of, 96, 288
- Ex-libris, initial forming, from book printed at Paris, 83
- Fabio, Jacopo, mythological letters in works published by, 81, 225
- Ferrara, alphabet of initials from work of Joh. Philippus Bergomensis printed at, 69, 190
- —— initials from Missale Carthusiense of, 69, 191 sq.
- Finé, Oronce, initial with portrait of, 87
- Fool, first engraving of a, in a woodcut border, 23
- —— first example of the, in woodcut initials, 17
- —— in church architecture and early book ornamentation, 23
- Forestier, Jacques, specimens of alphabets used in a Commines printed by, 93, 248
- Formschneider, opposition of, to the use of woodcut initials, 15
- Fossombrone, initials in work published by Ottaviano dei Petrucci of, 67
- Foxe, John, portrait-initial of Queen Elizabeth, in his Book of Martyrs, 108c, 280
- Fradin, François, children’s alphabet used by, 78, 211
- —— initials from the Regimen Sanitatis of Magnini printed by, 77, 209
- Frank, Hans, initial signed by, 81
- Friburgensis, Johann, Summa Confessorum, Augsburg, G. Zainer (1476), initials used in, 15, 111
- Frisner and Sensenschmidt, initials from fourth German Bible by, 26, 129 sqq.
- Froben, Johann, initials of Holbein in works by, 37
- Froschouer, Johann, initials in books printed at Zurich by, 38, 145
- Fürter, Michael, initials from books printed by, 31, 135
- Fust, Johann, association of, with Scheffer, 6
- Galen, initials from Basle edition of, 139, 142
- Gelli, René, initials in Greek lexicon of, 142
- Geneva, large calligraphic initials from books printed at, 53, 163
- —— other initials used at, 164
- Gering, Ulrich. See Rembolt and Gering.
- Ghotan, Bartholomew, initials used by, at Lübeck, 40, 147 sqq.
- Giunta, Lucantonio di, initials from missals and breviaries printed by, 59, 171 sqq., 176 sqq.
- Gouda, initials used by Godfrid de Os at, 101, 108b, 260
- Graf, Urs, initials by, 136
- Gregoriis, G. and J. de, initials from Herodotus and other works printed by, 59, 183 sq.
- Grotesque, the, in book ornamentation, 87
- —— profiles, earliest example of, 16
- Grüninger, Johann, initials from works printed by, 46-47, 48, 160 sq.
- Gutenberg, Johann, invention of printing by, 6
- Gutenberg Bible sold by Scheffer as a manuscript, 8
- Gutnecht, Jodocus, initials in Missale Pataviense of, 28, 132, 133
- Gyffer, Hans, of Silgenstat, initials from works published at Salamanca by, 96, 288
- Gymnicus, J., alphabets in works printed by, 53, 167
- Hagenau, initials of Benedictine missal printed at, 104, 264 sq.
- —— initials from Plinius printed by Thomas Anselm at, 104, 273
- Halle’s Chronicle, initials in, 108c, 279
- Harentals, Petrus de, initials used in an Expositio Psalterii by, 245
- Heineken, C. H. von, attributes Psalter initials to Meydenbach, 9
- Henry VII., initial with his arms, 279
- Heraldic initials. See Initials, Armorial.
- Hochffeder, Gaspard, initial from Psalter of Metz printed by, 106, 272
- Hohenwang, Ludwig, initials used by, 116
- Holbein, Ambrose, initials by, 144
- —— Hans, alphabets of, 32, 139 sqq.
- —— —— children’s alphabet by, 35, 139
- —— —— Dance of Death alphabet by, 32, 137
- —— —— initial of, in books by Valentine Curio, 36
- —— —— mistakes in anatomy, 34
- —— —— peasants’ alphabet by, 35
- —— —— the four Greek initials from the Galen of 1538, 36
- Holl, Leonard, initials in work printed by, 24, 127
- Holtrop, J. W., early Dutch initials copied from works published by, 101
- Hongre, Pierre, initials from missal of, 202 sqq.
- Hopyl, Wolfgang, initials used by, 86, 232 sq.
- Hostingue, L., and J. Loys, initials from work published by, 91, 250
- Hupfuff, M., initials in works printed by, 45
- Husz, Mathieu, initials used by, at Lyons, 197, 199
- Imagines of Varro, described by Pliny, 2
- Ingoldstadt, initials of M. Ostendorfer used at, 107
- Initials, anthropomorphic, of Strasburg printers, 45
- —— armorial, 85, 108c, 230, 279
- —— coloured, used by Roman copyists, 1
- —— from the Libro Sotilissimo, a typographical curiosity printed at Stella, 99
- —— large calligraphic, on title-pages of books printed at Lyons, 75, 200
- —— mythological, 224 sq.
- —— in minium or cinnabar of sixth century, 2
- —— of chequer work, 3
- —— resembling Gallo-Frank jewellery, 3
- —— vagaries in use of, 24
- Israel von Mecken, initials by, 27
- Italy, influence of French art in, 3
- Josephus, initials from Lübeck edition of, 146
- Josse Bade. See Bade.
- Kaisersperg, Geyler von, initials in works of, 46, 49, 161 sq.
- Keller, Ambrose, initials from works printed by, 16-17, 115
- Kerver, Thielmann, initials by, 241
- Knoblochtzer, Heinrich, initials from works printed by, 43, 155 sq.
- Knoblouch, Johann, initials in works printed by, 46, 189, 272
- Lecoq, Jean, alphabet from La Vie de Monseigneur St. Bernard by, 91, 244
- —— letters with grotesque profiles from different works printed by, 90, 243
- Leeu, Gerard, initials used by, 102, 261
- Leicester, Earl of, initial with his arms, 108c, 279
- Lenoir, Philippe, initials in works published by, 87, 234, 237, 241
- Leo the Isaurian burns the public library, 2
- Lerouges, les, initials from La Thoison d’Or printed by, 90, 242
- Leroy, Guillaume, initials used by, 73, 195 sq.
- Le Signerre, Guillaume, initials used by, at Saluzzo, 189
- Lettres parlantes in Lyons impression, 81
- —— tourneures fleuronnées used by Leroy in 1479, 73
- Liber Biblie Moralis of J. Zainer, initials in, 23
- Lilius, Zacharias, initials from the Breviarium Orbis of, 182
- Limoges, initials from missal printed at, 94, 252
- Locatellus, Bonetus, initials used in works printed by, 60, 174 sq.
- Louvain, historiated initial from fifteenth-century missal printed at, 102, 261
- Lübeck, initials from works published at, 39, 146 sqq.
- Lufft of Wittemberg, initials used by, 105, 270
- Lützelberger, Hans, Dance of Death initials engraved by, 137
- Lyons, initials from books printed at, 194 sqq.
- Lyons missals, initials used in different, 75
- —— copy of Cologne initial, 169
- Macabre initials used at Cologne, 170
- Maiblümchen or lily of the valley design in early books, 5
- Mainz. See Mayence.
- Margarita Davitica, initial of G. Zainer from, 16, 114
- Marriage licence, pictorial initial from, 108, 276
- Martens, Thierry, initials used by, 102, 261
- Mathieu Husz and Jean Schabeler, initials used in Boccaccio of, 74
- Mayence, initial in Erhardt Reuwich’s Breidenbach, 13, 112
- —— initial in Scheffer’s Æsop printed at, 13, 112
- —— later Scheffer initial, 273
- Mazochius, Jacobus, portrait of Ariosto in work published by, 65, 185
- Medici, Cosmo de, initial with portrait of, 63, 184
- Meditations of St. Bridget, initials from Lübeck edition of, 40
- Meer, Jacob van der, initials used by, at Delft, 260
- Melusine, initials from Lyons edition of, 199
- Milan, initials from works printed at, 70, 192 sq.
- —— initials from works printed by Joannes de Castellione at, 70
- Miniatures in books of Athens and Rome, 2
- —— in mediæval manuscripts, 2
- Mirabilia Romae, historiated initial of the, 12, 112
- Missale Atrebatense, initials from, 246, 247
- —— Bambergense, initials from the edition by J. Pfeyl, 152 sq.
- —— Benedictinum, initials from Hagenau edition of, 264 sqq.
- —— Evangeliare of Wittemberg, initials from, 105, 270
- —— Olumucense, coloured initials of the, 11-41, 150 sq.
- —— Pataviense, pictorial initials from, 132 sq., 271
- —— Vallisumbrose, large pictorial initials from, 59, 176 sqq.
- Missals printed at Lyons, initials from, 201 sqq., 205
- —— printed at Paris, 232 sqq.
- —— printed at Rouen, 247 sq.
- Modernes, Jacques, curious initial in work on Military Art printed by, 81, 222
- Monks, Irish and Anglo-Saxon, celebrated for miniatures and historiations, 2
- Montfaucon, alphabet of animals of, 3
- Morin, Martin, calligraphic initial from missal printed by, 92, 246
- —— —— initials from other works published by, 92-93, 246 sq.
- Morton, Archbishop, initial with his rebus, 108c, 277
- Moylin, Jean, initials from his Latin Bible, 78, 212 sq.
- Müller, Johann, or Regiomontanus, works by, 25
- Murr, C. G. von, and the artist of the Psalter initials, 10
- Nardi, Simeon, initials from Datus published by, 65, 185 sq.
- Naudé, Gabriel, accusation against Scheffer, 8
- Normandie, Coustumier de, curious initials from a, 92, 250
- Novesianus, Melchior, imitations of Alphabet of Death in works printed by, 53
- —— —— other initials used by, 167
- Nuremberg, curious work attributed variously to Stuchs, Zeninger, and Wagner published at, 26, 54
- —— initials from books printed at, 128 sqq.
- Ornamentation of early books, 1
- Oronce Finé. See Finé.
- Ortuin, Gaspard, initial from Breidenbach’s Peregrinationes, 75, 198
- Os, Godfrid de, initials used by, 260
- Otino da Pavia de la Luna, initials in the Vita di Sancti Padri of, 62, 179 sq.
- Pachel, Leonard, initials used by, at Milan, 193
- Papillon, J. B. M., testimony of, concerning the artist of the Psalter initials, 10
- Paris, renowned for its manuscripts and copyists, 3
- —— initials used at, 226 sqq.
- Pavia, initials used at, 188
- Peter, St., portrait initial of, 276
- Petrarch, initials from German translation of his De remediis utriusque fortunæ, by Steyner, 21
- Petri, Adam, repetition of same initial in books printed by, 31
- —— —— pilgrim initial used by, 136
- Petroine, La vie et légende de Mme. Ste., initials from, 95, 252
- Pfister, Alb., impressions of, resembling block-books, 11
- Pflantzmann, J., initials from books printed by, 16, 116
- Philip le Bel, portrait initial of, 262
- Philosophers, alphabets of, 81, 223 sq.
- Pius II., Pope, portrait initial of, 184
- Playing-cards, method of printing, 4
- Plenarium, initials used in Strasburg edition of, 158
- Pogge, J. F., initials from edition of, printed by Knoblouch, 46, 159
- Poitiers, initials from books printed at, 94, 251
- Polychrome initials in early books, 11
- Ponte, Gotardus de, initials from Vitruvius printed by, 187
- Poullet, J., initials used by, 204
- Prestre Jehan, historiated initial from title-page of, 73, 195
- —— —— initials from Paris edition of, 237
- Propriétaire, initials from Rouen editions of, 92, 249
- —— letters from Lyons edition of, 77, 208
- Prusz, Johann, initials used by, at Strasburg, 46, 158
- Psalter of Mayence initials, Bodman hoaxes Fischer concerning, 8
- —— initials from Furter’s Basle edition of, 135
- —— initials from edition by J. Prusz of Strasburg, 46, 154
- —— initials said to have been used by Gutenberg, 8
- —— opinions as to the initials of, 7
- Ptolemy, initials from Ulm edition of the Cosmographia, 24, 127
- Pynson, Richard, initials from his Sarum Missal, 108b, 277
- Quadragesimale of Gritsch, pictorial border of the, 23
- Quentell, Heinrich, initials from volumes printed by, 53, 165 sq.
- Ratdolt, Erhard, initials from Calendarium of J. di Monteregio (Johannes Regiomontanus) by, 57, 171
- —— —— initials in Brevarium Constantiense of 1516 by, 19, 123
- —— —— initials in breviary by, 18, 121 sq.
- —— —— initials in psalter of 1499 by, 18-19, 122
- —— —— Latin couplet on, 19
- Rationale Durandi, ornamented with some of the same initials as Psalter of Mayence, 11
- Reger, Johann, initials in works printed by, 25, 128
- Rembolt and Gering, initials from volumes printed by, 83-84, 228 sqq.
- Reutlingen, initials in works printed at, 49, 162
- Richard de Bury praises libraries of Paris, 3
- Richel, Bernard, initials from Latin Bible of, 29
- Rome, initials used at, 185
- Rouen, initials used at, 11, 245 sqq.
- Royal letters designed by Geoffroy Tory for Robert Estienne, 89, 240
- Rudimenta Novitiorum, initials from Lübeck edition of, 146 sq.
- Saccon, Jacques, initials in Catalogus Sanctorum of, 78, 214 sqq.
- —— —— different initials in works printed by, 80, 201, 205, 209, 222
- Salamanca, initials used at, 258
- Saluzzo, initials in Aureum Opus of Vivaldus printed by Le Signerre at, 68, 189
- Sarum missal, initials from Pynson’s edition of, 108b, 277
- Saxo Grammaticus, armorial initials from History of Denmark by, 85, 230
- Schabeler, Hans, initials used by, at Lyons, 197
- Schäufelein, Hans, initials by, 49
- Scheffer, Peter, association of, with Fust, 6
- —— —— initials used by, 107, 112, 273
- Schiedam, initial used by unknown printer of, 102, 261
- Schlestadt, initials of Pilgrim, from book printed by Lazarus Schurer at, 106
- Scinzenzeller, Ulr., initials used by, 192
- Schönsperger, Johann, initials from works printed by, 16, 116
- Schott, initials in works printed by, 45, 157
- Sessa, different initials met with in impressions by, 59, 181
- —— initials from Aristotle printed by, 62, 178
- Seville, initials from books printed by Jacob Cromberger at, 98
- —— initials from book printed by Juan de Varila at, 98, 253
- Sienna, initials in books published at, 65-66, 185
- Silber, Eucharius, ornamental letter from book published, 65, 185
- Sorg, Anton, historiated initials from Das Buch das heisset der Seusse of Suso, 18, 120
- —— —— initials from works printed by, 16-17, 115, 120
- Spanish initials, 253 sqq.
- Speculum Humanæ Salvationis, a transition from xylography to printing, 4
- Spires, initials used at, 263
- Stamps used for applying initials by early copyists, 4
- Statuta Synodalia, alphabet used in the Troyes edition of, 73, 243
- Stella, copies of the Alphabet of Death used by Adrian Anverez at, 99, 257
- Steyner, Heinrich, initials in works published by, 20, 124 sq.
- Strasburg, initials used at, 154 sqq.
- Summa Confessorum, initials of the, 15-16, 113
- Suso, Henricus, initials from Das Buch das heisset der Seusse, 120
- Sweynheim and Pannartz, initial from the Suetonius of, 65, 185
- Theoricae Novae, initial from, 25
- Tibullus quoted, 1
- Topie, Michel, initial from Mer des Hystoires of, 75, 198
- Tory, Geoffroy, initials from missal attributed to, 88, 235 sq.
- —— —— royal letters attributed to, 240
- Toulouse, initial used at, 252
- Trepperel, Jean, grotesque initials in books published by, 83, 227
- Trepperel, initials from Jardin de Santé of, 86, 231
- Tridino, Tacuinus de, initials in works published by, 60, 174
- Troyes, initials used at, 242 sqq.
- Ulm, initial with border from Donatus printed at, 12, 111
- —— initials from other works printed at, 126 sqq.
- Valerius Maximus of Sorg, initials from, 17
- Varila, Juan de, initial used by, 253
- Vascosan, Michael, initials by, 239
- Venice, initials from works published at, 55, 171 sqq.
- Vérard, Antoine, calligraphic initial from the Jardin de Santé of, 82, 226
- Verona, ornamental letter from book printed at, 70, 189
- Vesalius, initials of Van Calcar in Anatomy of, 37, 144 sq.
- Vicenza, example of typographic eccentricities in work printed at, 71, 189
- Vienna, initials from Missale Pataviense printed by J. Winterberger of, 106, 271
- Virgil, the Vatican copy described by M. Pierre de Nolhac, 2
- Vita di Sancti Padri, initials from the, of Otino da Pavia de la Luna, 62, 179 sq.
- Vitali, Bernardino, alphabet by, used in publications by Sessa, 60
- Vitruvius, initials from Como edition of, 187
- Walther, H., initials from Madgeburg Bible printed by, 107, 273
- Weiditz, Hans, initials attributed to, by Dr. H. Röttinger, 20, 52, 124 sq.
- Winterberger, of Vienna, initials used by, 271
- Wittemberg, apocalyptic initials from the Missale Evangeliare printed at, 105, 270
- Wohlgemuth, M., his new technical methods, 20
- Worde, Wynkyn de, initial used by, 277
- Worms, Anton von, children’s alphabets designed by, 53
- Zainer, Günther, first used woodcut initials at Augsburg, 15
- —— —— examples of his letters, 113 sq., 118 sq.
- —— Johann, of Ulm, initials in Boccaccio of, 22, 126
- Zamora, initials from Compilacion de Leyes printed at, 96, 255
- Zarotus, Antonius, initials used by, at Milan, 193
- Zodiac, initials representing the signs of the, 87
- Zurich, initials in books published by Froschouer of, 38, 145