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Gutenberg Bible A page from the Gutenberg 42-line Bible showing two columns of dense black Latin text with an ornate capital letter in the center.
Illustration of vintage printing press with bold text reading Gutenberg's printing press and a blue arrow pointing to the press, against a purple background.
Gutenberg Bible Gutenberg Bible A page from the Gutenberg Bible printed in blackletter type, featuring two columns of Latin text with headings Liber VI and Pars II at the top. The page edges are yellowed with age.
Hear about the piece of the first printed Gutenberg Bible owned by the University of Melbourne along with its other extensive collections
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Gutenberg Bible
Gutenberg Bible Two pages from the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany, 1455.

Gutenberg Bible

religion
Also known as: 42-line Bible, Mazarin Bible
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Gutenberg Bible, the first complete book extant in the West and one of the earliest printed from movable type, so called after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg, who completed it about 1455 working at Mainz, Germany. The three-volume work, in Latin text, was printed in 42-line columns and, in its later stages of production, was worked on by six compositors simultaneously. It is sometimes referred to as the Mazarin Bible because the first copy described by...

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