Monday 17 November 2008

Names of printing towns

A list of the Latin names of printing towns beginning with "B" as found in early printed books (before 1701). From the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue page here

Babenberga: Bamberg
Bacodurum: Passau (Germany)
Barchinona: Barcelona (Spain)
Barcinona, Barcinone: Barcelona (Spain)
Basileae: (Basel)
Bardum Pommeraniae: Barth
Baruthum: Bayreuth (Germany)
Barxinona: Barcelona (Spain)
Basilea: Basel (Switzerland)
Batava: Passau (Germany)
Batavia: Passau (Germany)
Batavinum: Passau (Germany)
Bathavinus: Passau (Germany)
Battavia: Passau (Germany)
Baumbergensis: Bamberg (Germany)
Bazavia: Passau (Germany)
Bazsowensis: Passau (Germany)
Bazzowa: Passau (Germany)
Beaulmont: Beaumont-les-Tours
Bellijocum: Beaujeu
Bellositi Dobunorum: Oxford
Beneharnum: Lescar
Bergomi: Bergamo (Italy)
Berolinum: Berlin (Germany)
Bethania ad Oderam (Elisiorum): Beuthen
Bethunia: Béthune
Bipontum: Zweibrücken
Bisonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bisuntium: Besançon (France)
Biterrae: Béziers
Bicurgicorum metropoli: Erfurt (Germany)
Biturigiae: Bourges (France)
Biturigum: Bourges (France)
Blesae: Blois (France)
Bolonia: Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
Bolsanum: Bozen
Bommelia: Zaltbommel (Netherlands)
Bononia Gessoriacum: Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
Bononiae: Bologna
Bosania: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bosonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bourdeaus: Bordeaux
Bozanum: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Bozonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Brageracum: Bergerac
Brecislaburgum: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
Brega: Brieg
Brema: Bremen
Breviodurum: Pont-Audemer
Breysach: Neu-Breisach
Brichsen: Brixen
Brinn(i)um: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brinna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Briovera: Saint-Lô
Briva Isarae: Pontoise
Brixia: Brescia (Italy)
Bruenna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brugis Flandorum: Brugge
Bruna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brunna: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brunnensis Civitas: Brno (Czechoslovakia)
Brunntrudum: Pruntrut
Brunonia: Braunschweig
Brunorum: Braunsberg
Brunsberga: Braunsberg
Brunsvicium: Braunschweig
Brunsviga: Braunschweig (Germany)
Bruntraut: Pruntrut
Bruxellae: (Brussel, Bruxelles)
Bruxellis: (Brussel, bruxelles)
Budissina: Bautzen
Burdigala: Bordeaux (France)
Burgus Bressiae: Bourg-en-Bresse (France)
Burgus Sebusianorum: Bourg-en-Bresse (France)
Busonium: Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)

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