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Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?
What is a Gutenberg Bible? The term refers to each of the two-volume Bibles printed in Gutenberg’s workshop around 1454. Before that, all existing Bibles were copied by hand. The process could ...
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Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?
Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work ... The term refers to each of the two-volume Bibles printed in Gutenberg’s workshop around 1454. Before that, all existing Bibles ...
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Widener Gutenberg Bible Near Best
The Gutenberg Bible has long been a magic term among book ... Of the 200 Gutenberg Bibles printed between 1454 and 1456 the one in the Widener Collection is among the first ten.