incunable; incunabulum
Rare technical term for a book printed in Europe before 1501, during the infancy of printing. The more common loanword インキュナブラ is usually preferred.
See also: インキュナブラ
Several incunabula are kept in the library's rare book room.
At this exhibition, you can actually hold and examine 15th-century incunabula.
The common loanword for 'incunable', used in most contexts. 揺籃期本 is a rare native Japanese equivalent.
Kanji spelling for 'incunable'; rare and technical. The kanji 揺籃 (cradle) + 期 (period) + 本 (book) literally means 'cradle-period book'.
Mixed kana-kanji variant; 揺らん replaces 揺籃, making it slightly easier to read but still rare.
Compound of 揺籃 (cradle), 期 (period), and 本 (book), calqued from the Latin 'incunabula' (swaddling clothes, cradle).