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A facsimile edition of the Gutenberg Bible, published by Taschen, represents a huge scholarly achievement
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The Gutenberg Bible, digitised by the HUMI Project, Keio University, July 2005; © National Library of Scotland The Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed with moveable type. Printed in Mainz, Germany, around 1455 by Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, and Johannes Fust. One of around only 20 complete copies to survive out of the original 180. Two volumes. Also known as The 42-line Bible or The Mazarine Bible. A page from the Old Testament from the chapter I Maccabees, contains handwritten red rubrics. Decorated initial M; historiated initial U (the correct initial should be E) depicting King Alexander hitting King Philip of Macedony. The Greeks under Alexander had conquered Judea. Marginalia visible but faded through washing. Full Page ....
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The printed word and exquisite illustrations combine to make the Gutenberg Bible the greatest celebrity in the history of book arts. Forty-nine copies of the two-volume Latin Bible are extant. In t…
The great British empiricist Francis Bacon once remarked that Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press “changed the whole face and state of the world.' Although Gutenberg did not independently devise the press, he invented a mass-production process of moveable type and concocted an oil-based ink which, when combined with the wooden press, revolutionized the flow of information. Open Culture, openculture.com
The history of the printed word is full of bibliographic twists and turns, major historical moments, and the significant printing of books now so obscure no one has read them since their publication. Open Culture, openculture.com
Gutenberg Bible, circa 1455, Ransom Center, University of Texas, in Gothic type
O alemão Johannes Gutenberg inventou há quase 600 anos a prensa de tipos metálicos móveis, o que abriu caminho para a produção em massa de livros e transformou a forma como acessamos e divulgamos o conhecimento.
The Oldtype Gutenberg (B42-type) B Font
Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized printing technology by adapting the presses used for winemaking. Gutenberg's printing press is considered one of the greatest inventions of the second millennium.
Gutenberg invents the printing press, which quickly spreads throughout Europe. William Caxton (England) and Aldus Manutius (Italy) are some of the early adopters of the technology.
A rare book collector debuted a Sino-Tibetan book that is estimated to have been printed about 40 years before the Gutenberg Bible.
During my stay in Romania this January I’ve started to make a short video about the first Romanian printed book. To illustrate the video I've used some of local stamps dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the first printed book
The printing press, credited to the German inventor and printer Johannes Gutenberg (l. c. 1398-1468) in the 1450s, became the single most important factor in...
Johannes Gutenberg the founder of movable type and the printing press – FlightCheck preflight for prepress to ensure quality before printing…
