This week in OUP Archives we found a picture of the copper matrix imported from the Netherlands in the 17th century by John Fell, the man who was in charge of the Press at the time. These moulds made the iron punches (or letters) that were used in printing materials. The matrix bears his name as a result, "Fell type", and was considered state of the art equipment in England at the time it was imported to the Press. The Press still has the Fell type on site in Oxford!















