"black-letter" meaning in English

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        {
          "text": "a black-letter manuscript or book",
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        {
          "ref": "1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:",
          "text": "In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.",
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        "Written or printed in black letter."
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        "(printing) Written or printed in black letter."
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          "ref": "1833, James Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald:",
          "text": "Kemble, a black-letter man!",
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        "Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned."
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        "(figurative) Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned."
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        "Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious."
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        "(printing) Written or printed in black letter."
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